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One woman killed, five injured in Portland park shooting

2022-02-20T22:51:23.728Z


The shooting would have occurred at the same time that a protest was called for the death of the young black man Amir Locke at the hands of the Minneapolis police.


A woman was killed and five people were injured in a shooting Saturday at a park in Portland, Oregon, authorities said.

Officers responded to a report of shots fired at Normandale Park around 8 p.m. local time, Portland police said in a statement.

Upon arrival, police officers found a woman dead and two men and three other women were taken to hospital.

At first his condition was unknown.

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Portland Police investigate a shooting that reportedly took place during a protest over the death of Amir Locke on February 19, 2022 in Portland, Oregon. Nathan Howard / Getty Images

Police did not identify any of the people involved in the shooting.

According to calls spread on social media, there was a planned march in memory of Amir Locke, a black man who was shot dead by police in Minneapolis at the same time the event occurred, KOIN-TV reported.

State coroners were scheduled to identify the deceased woman and determine the cause of death.

While there is an ongoing investigation.

Karen Wells and Andre Locke, parents of 22-year-old Amir Locke, have alleged that their son was "executed" by Minneapolis police officers who entered their home unannounced as part of a homicide investigation in which Locke was not involved, according to the same police statement.

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On Wednesday, February 2, at around 7:00 am, five SWAT officers wearing protective vests unlocked the Locke family's apartment with a key, entered unannounced, and 

less than 10 seconds later

, one of the officers shot young black man Amir Locke, who was lying on a couch, wrapped in a blanket, holding a gun.

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Body-worn camera video released Thursday shows that Locke appeared to have been asleep and was jolted awake by the police raid.

Although authorities have said the gun the young man was holding was pointed "in the direction of the officers," the video shows him trying to get up.

Then only three shots are heard and the image cuts out.

Source: telemundo

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