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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 27 May 2017 - 12:32 AM

ABC News, 5/26/17:

 


 

2 killed, 1 injured in stabbing incident involving hate speech on Oregon train

 

Two people are dead and another was injured after a "disturbance and stabbing" Friday afternoon on a light-rail train in Portland, Oregon, involving a man uttering hate speech, police said.

 

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Posted 27 May 2017 - 11:12 AM

The (Portland) Oregonian, 5/26:
 

2 killed in stabbing on MAX train in Northeast Portland as man directs slurs at Muslim women, police say

 

 

Two men were killed in a stabbing on a MAX train Friday when they tried to intervene as another man yelled racial slurs at two young women who appeared to be Muslim, including one wearing a hijab, police said.

 

A third passenger who tried to help was also stabbed, but is expected to survive, said Portland police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson.

 

Officers arrested the suspect as he ran from the Hollywood transit station into the neighborhood near Providence Portland Medical Center in Northeast Portland, Simpson said. Police are still working to identify him and the three men stabbed.

 

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Update, 3:30 a.m., May 27: 

 

Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35, was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on suspicion of aggravated murder and attempted murder early Saturday morning, records show. He's being held without bail.

 



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Posted 27 May 2017 - 07:30 PM

AP 5/27/17:
 

Mayor: 'Heroes' died protecting women from anti-Muslim rant

 

 

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Police said Saturday they'll examine what appears to be the extremist ideology of an Oregon man accused of fatally stabbing two men who tried to intervene when the suspect yelled racial slurs at two young women who appeared to be Muslim on a Portland light-rail train.

 

The attack Friday happened on the first day of Ramadan, the holiest time of the year for Muslims, and it sent shockwaves through a city that prides itself on its tolerance and liberal views. A memorial where the stabbing occurred grew steadily Saturday, and a vigil was planned.

 

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Posted 27 May 2017 - 07:34 PM

AP 5/27/17:
 

FBI assisting investigation in Portland attack

 

The FBI and U.S. Attorney for Oregon are working with police in Portland to investigate the fatal stabbing of two men on a light-rail train who authorities say intervened when another man yelled racial slurs at two young women who appeared Muslim.

 

The FBI says it's too early to say whether the slayings Friday qualify as a federal hate crime but U.S. Attorney for Oregon Billy Williams said "there's a day of reckoning coming, a day of accountability."

 

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Posted 30 May 2017 - 10:34 AM

MSN, 5/29/17:

 


 

‘We’d Probably Be Dead’: Girl Thanks Men for Saving Her from Alleged Killer White Supremacist

 

Two men are dead and another went to the hospital after Jeremy Joseph Christian allegedly stabbed them on a train in Portland, Oregon on Friday.

 

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Posted 31 May 2017 - 10:07 AM

 

 

‘I call it patriotism!’: Suspect in fatal attack aboard Portland light-rail train appears in court

 

PORTLAND — Soon after he boarded a MAX train last Friday, Jeremy Christian began shouting at two African-American teenage girls — one wearing traditional Muslim dress — as he drank sangria from a container, according to a Multnomah County Circuit Court document filed Tuesday that details the knife attack that killed two men and injured a third.

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Posted 02 June 2017 - 08:42 PM

The Washington Post, 6/2/17:
 

As hero died protecting teens in Portland, his wedding ring and backpack were stolen, police say

 

 

Ricky Best was stabbed to death last Friday on a Portland light-rail train when he and two other passengers tried to calm a man yelling anti-Muslim slurs at two teenage girls. Best and the two other stabbing victims have been hailed as heroes.

 

Now, Portland police say that as Best lay helpless, someone apparently made off with his wedding ring and backpack. Police posted images of the suspect on YouTube and Twitter late Thursday, along with a plea for the public’s help in locating him.

 

“The contents of the backpack include personal items important to the Best family,” said a police statement,  .  .  .

 

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Posted 02 June 2017 - 08:46 PM

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Portland Police arrest man suspected of stealing property from MAX stabbings victim

 

Published on Jun 2, 2017

Portland Police spokesman Pete Simpson said that George Elwood Tschaggeny, 51, a homeless man who lives near the Hollywood Transit Center, was arrested at about 3 a.m. Friday morning. Tschaggeny is suspected of stealing a wedding ring and backpack from Rick Best after Best was stabbed on the train last Friday. Tschaggeny was wearing the ring at the time of his arrest, Simpson said.

 

 

 

 



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Posted 09 December 2017 - 02:51 AM

Chicago, IL Tribune, 12/8/17:

 

 


 

Suspect in fatal Portland train stabbings says he was on 'autopilot' during attack

 

A man charged with the stabbing deaths of two commuters on a Portland light-rail train was on "autopilot" and wasn't fully aware of his actions until he heard passengers screaming that he was killing people, according to a psychological evaluation unsealed Friday.

 

 

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Posted 22 June 2020 - 07:39 PM

KVAL-TV, Channel 13 in Eugene, OR, 6/22/20:


 

   Sentencing Tuesday for man convicted in Portland light rail train killings  

 

 

 

The man convicted of killing two men and injuring a third on a MAX light rail train in Portland, Oregon, in 2017 is set to be sentenced Tuesday at Multnomah County Circuit Court.

 

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