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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Police say a 25-year-old man stabbed in a bar fight in Grants Pass over the weekend has died, and a murder charge is pending against the man who was arrested in the case. The Grants Pass Daily Courier reports Michael McCoy died yesterday at a hospital in Portland. He had been stabbed in the head late Saturday during a fight at the Red Rock Lounge, after which his attacker fled.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — River patrol deputies with the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office have recovered a body found floating in the Willamette River. The man’s identity won’t be released until his family is notified. The county medical examiner will do an autopsy.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in Newberg, Ore., arrested a man accused of shooting his mother in the hand with a crossbow, and the injury led to the amputation of a finger. Capt. Jeff Kosmicki says Randall Bracken was arrested Sunday night about 30 minutes after his mother ran to a neighbor’s house to report the incident.
TROUTDALE, Ore. (AP) — Police in Troutdale, Ore., arrested a man who they say tried to break into the department to retrieve a skateboard. Sgt. Steve Bevens says the door handle to the main entrance at the police station was gone late Saturday. Officers identified the suspect as 20-year-old Nathaniel Mirelez of Wood Village. Mirelez told investigators he wanted to get inside to get his skateboard back, which had been taken as safekeeping property during the shoplifting arrest Saturday.
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