150 bullets hit 8 apts, 7 cars, 1 woman in NE Portland
Reports of shots fired were recorded around 11:15 p.m. in the 600 block of NE 87th. Police rushed to the scene and close NE 87th north of Glisan in the Montavilla neighborhood.
Once they secured the scene, officials said they found evidence more than 150 rounds were fired. The wounded woman was hit in the arm and taken by an ambulance to an area hospital for treatment. She’s expected to live.
“Somebody needs to save us, help us. It should be the role of government officials to make sure citizens are safe in the place they live,” said Sulimani. “Any one of us—if not me then my neighbors—could have been dead last night.”
Portland's deadliest month in 30 years ends with 150 shots fired
On Friday, police returned to the Montavilla neighborhood for another shooting. They say more than 150 rounds were fired at the scene. Bullets damaged car windows and even made their way into people's apartments. Kemoh Sulimani was sitting at his computer when a bullet came flying through his window.
"This is a war zone with bullets flying all over," Sulimani said. "It’s like rapid fire. Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Then where I was sitting a bullet just came flying through directly over my head and lodged in the wall."
One woman wasn't able to avoid the gunshots, and was hit in the arm. Neighbors came out of their bullet-riddled homes to help make a tourniquet for her.