PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) —- Police have arrested two people who they say are responsible for a fight and shooting at the Heat Gentlemen’s Club.

The incident was reported at 1:53 a.m on Friday at 12131 Southeast Holgate Boulevard. When authorities arrived, they found two female victims suffering from non-life-threatening injuries. Both were taken to local hospitals. Police haven’t said if the females were hurt as a result of the fight or the shooting.

Two people, believed to be suspects, were stopped by security and turned over to police. One of the suspects was transported to a hospital for injuries suffered during the altercation.

The Gang Enforcement Team (GET) is investigating the shooting.

In a prepared statement, the bureau said “there is no danger to the public.”

The names of the involved parties have not been released.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) — On Friday, the Portland City Club will address this year’s increase in gang and gun violence.

“The City of Portland has witnessed an alarming increase in rates of violence this year. Shootings, murders, attempted murders and more are all occurring far too often. These crimes particularly impact our city’s communities of color,” the forum’s website states.

The forum, An Epidemic of Violence in Portland, will be moderated by Antoinette Edwards. She is the Director of Youth Violence Prevention for the city.

Appearing live on KOIN 6 News This Morning, Edwards said the conversation will focus on finding the root cause of the violence. She said there is a generational cycle that needs to be broken when it comes to youth who are involved in gang violence.

“We know that when people are hurt, they hurt others,” Edwards said.

The forum will have community members who will share their experiences about the trauma stemming from the violence.

“I want people to ask, ‘What can we do? How can we be a part of this community? How can we make a difference?’” Edwards said of her goals of the forum.

Edwards said the violence occurring in Portland is something the entire state needs to be concerned about.

“It affects everyone,” Edwards said. “We’re all connected. When you see this short clip on the news, I want folks to know that this is someone’s son or daughter someone’s father or mother.”

There have been nearly 170 acts of gang violence in the city of Portland since Jan. 1. According to the mayor’s office, most of the acts of gang violence have been shootings. More than 50 people have been injured, and 12 have been killed in acts of gang violence. Those killed are mostly young, African-American men, according to the mayor’s spokesperson, Sara Hottman.

““We do know that with our gang related piece specifically, we’ve seen such a sharp increase in gang shootings that unfortunately, it was only a matter of time before those translated into increased homicides,” Portland Police Sgt. Pete Simpson said.

Simpson said the bureau is challenged because years ago, when the city’s homicide rate was much higher, the violence was occurring in specific pockets of the city.

“Today, gang violence occurs in lots of places across the city,” Simpson said. “Twenty-five years ago, when we had a spike in shootings we could dump resources into a particular neighborhood and we could make arrests and get guns and get people off the streets.”

The bureau is still addressing crime today as it has many years ago, according to Simpson. They have street-level officers, gang officers, detectives and homicide detectives investigating the incidents that do occur, and the bureau works with parole and probation officers and community outreach organizations to stop the violence before it happens.

“At this point, we haven’t found a key strategy that somebody else (another law enforcement agency) is using that’s going to be more effect at what we’re doing now,” Simpson said.

The Portland City Club event starts at 12:15 p.m. on Friday at the Sentinel Hotel.

Tickets are required.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 22-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for raping a 15-year-old girl in Douglas County.

Anthony Haney of Winston was arrested and charged with four counts of rape in the 3rd degree and two counts of sodomy in the 3rd degree after the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office investigated a report of the sex crime.

The crimes committed were also allegedly via cellphone and social media.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Local and state police spoke Friday morning about the slaying of a pregnant Indianapolis wife and mother.

At a 10 a.m. news conference, officials from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were joined by other agencies to talk about the case and other ongoing homicide investigations in Indianapolis.

“There’s a threat to justice everywhere,” IMPD Chief Rick Hite said.

Hite and other members of IMPD had a strong message for the public and for the criminals responsible for the ongoing crime in the city: they’re upset.

“The goal is to let criminals know, we own the neighborhoods,” IMPD Captain Lorenzo Lewis said.

In talking about a series of homicides in Indianapolis this year, including the cases of Dominique Allen, Nathan Trapuzzano, and Baby Janna, IMPD Major Eric Hench explained that the random homicides “shake us to our core.”

On Thursday, police had released very little information in the murder of Amanda Blackburn. At Friday’s news conference, officials confirmed they had a number of leads in the case.

“We know who killed her. We don’t know his name,” said IMPD Captain Craig Converse.

Officials say they received surveillance video of the male suspect from cameras around the neighborhood but were holding off on releasing his identity for investigative purposes. According to police, the suspect in Blackburn’s murder is accused of breaking into a home just two doors down from the Blackburns’ house. Officials believe the two crimes are connected.

Blackburn’s death was Indianapolis’ 129th homicide of 2015. According to sources within IMPD, Blackburn was shot three times. Sources say the suspect was in a stolen vehicle and later ditched that vehicle at 40th and Rookwood.

“For those who killed Amanda, we are coming,” Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter said.

When talking about suspects, Chief Hite said “it could be multiple people.”

If you have any information that could assist police in Amanda Blackburn’s murder investigation, or other homicides in Indianapolis, you’re urged to call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS. Your tip will be kept anonymous.

WISH is a sister station of KOIN

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland Police are investigating a robbery at Tre Bone Pet Supply on N. Lombard St. It happened Friday morning about 10:20.

Co-owner Serge Ouattara was working when the robber came in.

“He came behind the register and I said what are you doing? He said, put your hands up I want the register. So I grabbed his hand, grabbed him by the collar, I pulled him out and then push him all the way outside the store and slam him against a tree.”

Ouattara says that is when the suspect pepper sprayed him and ran away.

A police K9 searched the area and didn’t find the suspect.

If you have any information, you’re asked to call robbery detectives at 503.823.0405.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man police dubbed The Joker Bandit is wanted for a string of bank robberies, including one in Northwest Portland on Friday afternoon.

The On Point Community Credit Union was held up at 2:15 p.m. by a man who used a note to demand money, Portland police said. He got the money and left quickly and eluded a neighborhood search.

The thief is suspected of 3 other robberies in recent weeks, police said.

He’s a white man in his late 20s, between 5-feet-8 and 5-10 with a thin build, a narrow face with scars or sores, facial stubble and narrow eyes. On Friday he was wearing a tan jacket and dark pants.

Both the Portland police and the FBI are investigating.

OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) – Attorneys for serial killer Dayton Leroy Rogers asked jurors to sentence him to life in prison, not death, to end a decades-old legal process.

Rogers has been sentenced to death three times and each time the sentence has been overturned on various legal grounds.

Rogers tortured and killed several women in the 1980s.

Rogers’ attorney said on Friday in Clackamas County Circuit Court that Rogers would waive his right to appeal if he got a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

But prosecutors said the 62-year-old Rogers should get the death penalty because he planned his attacks and was driven by gratification from inflicting pain.

Whatever the outcome, there will be no executions in Oregon anytime soon. Oregon’s past two governors have placed a moratorium on them.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) — Officer are investigating a reported shooting in the city’s Hazelwood neighborhood.

Police said the reported shooting was called into 911 dispatchers around 2:30 a.m. Saturday in the 12000 block of Southeast Ash Street. Officers responded to an apartment complex and located one male who was suffering from an injury. He was transported to OHSU. Police on scene said his injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.

Two K-9 units responded to search for the suspect and evidence.

One person was seen in handcuffs, but it remains unknown if they are associated with the incident.

Officers have not said if the shooting was gang related, but confirmed the city’s gang unit was made aware of the incident.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call 503.823.3333.

SALEM, Ore. (KOIN 6) — A Marion County grand jury determined that an Oregon State Police trooper was justified in using deadly force when he shot and killed a man on Interstate 5.

The shooting happened on Oct. 28.

According to the Marion County District Attorney’s Office, the grand jury was unanimous in deciding that OSP Senior Trooper Jason Perrizo acted within the law.

On Friday, the DA’s Office released new information about the shooting.

At approximately, 5:45 p.m. OSP Sr. Trooper Charlie Burdick saw a 1970 Ford Bronco traveling south on I-5 near near Keene Road Northeast, just south of Woodburn. The driver, and lone occupant, was later determined to be Jasper Levi Adams.

A 17 mile high speed chase began. Adams was seen on dash cam video throwing an unknown object from his vehicle.

Adams was driving more than 100 mph and weaving in and out of traffic, often traveling on either shoulder of the interstate in an attempt to elude law enforcement.

Just north of the exit to Mission Street from I-5, troopers placed a spike strip that damaged the right front tire of Adams’ vehicle.

Adams appeared to be slowing down and pulling over. The troopers started to “box in” his vehicle, but Adams then drove into a grassy area south of the overpass and began heading towards the southbound I-5 on-ramp from Mission St.

Adams collided with two OSP vehicles.

He was able to get around the troopers trying to stop him the pursuit continued.

Shortly after Adams crossed below the Battlecreek overpass, his right front tire blew out and he began to slow and pull over towards the west side shoulder of I-5.

OSP Sgt. Mark Davie used his police SUV to pin Adams’ vehicle and push it just off the roadway as the other troopers boxed him in. The troopers then immediately exited their vehicles and began shouting at Adams to, “get your hands up!”

Instead of showing his hands as ordered, Adams turned away from the troopers. He is seen messing with the console area of his vehicle, apparently searching for something. He then quickly spun back toward the troopers, yelling at them as he raised a handgun.

According to the DA’s Office, “One of the dash camera videos clearly depicts that just as one trooper yelled, ‘He’s got a gun,’ Sr. Trooper Jason Perrizo fired a single shot at Adams striking him in the head and killing him.”

The whole encounter, from the time Adams’ vehicle came to a complete stop until he was shot, lasted approximately 12 seconds. The distance between Perrizo and Adams was approximately 10 feet.

The gun Adams was armed with was a .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun. When police secured the gun they found that it was loaded. Detectives said the gun had a .45 caliber bullet lodged in the barrel, consistent with Adams having pulled the trigger and the gun jamming.

Perrizo is an Army veteran and has been a trooper with the OSP since 2001. He has been a member of OSP SWAT for the last 11 years. In 2006 he received the Harold R. Berg Life Saving Award.

OREGON CITY, Ore. (KOIN 6) — Vandals caused an estimated $8,000 to $10,000 in damaged to the Mountain View Cemetery.

Police tell us employees showed up to find broken windows, burnt flowers and toppled and broken grave stones on Friday.

The suspects likely got into the cemetery on Thursday night by jumping a fence.

Employees also found a heavy granite war memorial bench knocked to the ground.

Police added that water spigots were kicked over. A total of 31 headstones were damaged in the pioneer section of the cemetery, which is the burial site of Oregon City pioneers dating back to 1847. Some of the grave stones, including several of historical significance, are irreparable.

The Mountain View Cemetery is offering a $500.00 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Oregon City Police Department tip line, at 503-496-1616. Callers may remain anonymous.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man who recently moved from California to Portland was arrested for allegedly setting 10 arsons in downtown Portland, including one in the lobby of the Hotel Monaco.

Brandon J. Miller, who told police he is living on the streets, faces charges of 1st-degree arson and 10 counts of reckless burning. Police said they had surveillance video from multiple sources that helped lead them to Miller.

Investigators put the timeline from November 12 together and determined at one point a Portland fire crew was extinguishing one fire as others were being lit. The fires were reported early Thursday between 3:45 a.m. and 4:05 a.m.

Here are the locations where the fires were set:

– 506 SW Broadway
– 422 SW Broadway
– 522 SW 5th Avenue
– 627 SW Washington Street
– 621 SW Morrison Street
– SW 6th Avenue and Morrison Street
– 630 SW Alder Street
– 610 SW Broadway
– 554 SW Alder Street
– 506 SW Washington Street

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) — Federal prosecutors this week will seek a 15-year prison sentence for the man believed to be the mastermind behind the state’s largest investor-fraud.

Jon Harder plead guilty in January 2015 to one felony count of mail fraud and one felony count of money laundering.

Harder was the former CEO of Sunwest Management Inc. According to federal investigators, Harder controlled a network of companies that bought, constructed, and managed a nationwide collection of assisted living facilities.

Harder admitted that beginning in late 2007 through February 2008, he lied to investors to obtain more than $5 million.

Records show Harder promised investors that their money would go towards specific assisted living facilities. Instead, the money went towards paying Harder’s personal expenses and supporting a lavish lifestyle that included private jets, six homes and luxury homes and vacations.

Federal prosecutors contend Harder defrauded more than 1,000 investors out of approximately $130 million, making the case the largest investor fraud prosecution in Oregon history.

Prosecutors are asking for a 15-year prison sentence. In a lengthy sentencing memorandum, the government contends Harder was fueled by greed and his desire to become a wealthy man.

The sentencing starts Monday in U.S. District Court in downtown Portland. Earlier this year, attorneys met for three-weeks for the first phase of Harder’s sentencing. Phase Two is scheduled to last 2 days.

MILLERSBURG, Ore. (KOIN 6) — The Linn County Sheriff’s Office say a man was shot and killed Monday morning.

One person was detained at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation.

The sheriff’s office has not released any other details of the shooting.

In a prepared statement, the sheriff’s office says there is no danger to the public.

Deputies have not released the address of where the shooting occurred. It was reported to 9-1-1 dispatchers at 6:10 a.m. on Monday.

OREGON CITY, Ore. (KOIN) – A jury reached a decision on whether serial killer Dayton Leroy Rogers should be put to death or spend the rest of his life in prison.

Rogers has been sentenced to death three times and each time the sentence has been overturned on various legal grounds. Rogers tortured and killed several women in the 1980s.

Rogers’ attorney said on Friday in Clackamas County Circuit Court that Rogers would waive his right to appeal if he got a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

But prosecutors said the 62-year-old Rogers should get the death penalty because he planned his attacks and was driven by gratification from inflicting pain.

Whatever the outcome, there will be no executions in Oregon anytime soon. Oregon’s past two governors have placed a moratorium on them.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

WEST LINN, Ore. (KOIN) — A man who told police he’d been drinking Jager Bombs allegedly crawled into the nesting area of a chicken coop and laid down.

A homeowner called police to the 21000 block of Willamette Drive in West Linn shortly before 5 a.m. Saturday because he believed a prowler was in the chicken coop.

Officers said they found Jordan Fincher in the coop. He allegedly said he’d been drinking the Jager Bombs in Oregon City and was trying to “keep the chickens warm.”

The 23-year-old faces burglary, trespass and criminal mischief charges.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Sheriff’s deputies seized 2 kilos of cocaine from a passenger in a taxicab after his driver was pulled over for violating traffic laws.

The taxi was pulled over around 1:30 p.m. at SE 126th Avenue and SE Stark Street, deputies said. The driver reportedly made a number of traffic infractions.

During the traffic stop, deputies searched the passenger’s baggage and found 2 kilo bricks of cocaine, deputies said.

Jose Ramirez Garcia, 43, was arrested and charged with possession and distribution of a controlled substance.

The cab driver was given a verbal warning.

WEST LINN, Ore. (KOIN) — A fugitive felon considered armed and dangerous is the prime suspect in a theft and identity thefts from November 4.

Vincent Matthew Yannello, 27, is believed to be driving a silver 1997 BMW Z3 convertible with an Oregon license plate of 554-GAP. West Linn police said he is a transient “but known to hang out in the Cedar Mill area of Washington County. ”

Yannello is 6-feet tall and 160 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes.

He’s wanted for absconding from parole and authorities said people should “not attempt to apprehend him.”

Call your local police or 911 if you have information.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A 20-year-old Pacific University student who says another student raped her has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Oregon university.

The Oregonian reports that the lawsuit says the rape occurred after both students attended a 2013 party for athletes that included underage drinking.

The suit alleges that young women at the party were encouraged to drink to excess and that the university hasn’t done enough to discourage alcohol-related sexual assaults.

University spokesman Joe Lang declined to comment on the details of the case, but released a statement saying the school takes allegations of sexual misconduct seriously.

Greg Kafoury, one of the woman’s lawyers, says she had to cut her freshman year short because panic attacks consumed her. He says she’s currently on a medical leave of absence.

NORTH BEND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon inmate who escaped from the Shutter Creek Correctional Institution in North Bend on Tuesday evening was caught shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday.

A staff member at the correctional facility discovered 38-year-old Shawn James Friese was missing around 4 p.m., the Oregon Department of Corrections said. The department said he was arrested near North Bend on Wednesday, but provided no other details.

Friese was entered the jail on September 3 on one count of second-degree burglary and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. His release date is July 28, 2019.

THE DALLES, Ore. (KOIN 6) – A former high school teacher is charged with one count of official misconduct for viewing porn on a school computer, according to court documents.

Records show that Cory Thomas Hollingsworth did “unlawfully and knowingly” use a school computer in Dec. 2013 to access pornography.

Candy Armstrong, the North Wasco County School District 21 superintendent, told KOIN 6 News that Hollingsworth is no longer employed with the district. She said that he worked with the district for a year in 2013 at the district’s high school. Armstrong said there are no allegations against Hollingsworth that involve students.

Hollingsworth is scheduled to be arraigned on Nov. 23. No booking photo of Hollingsworth is available as he has not been booked into jail.

Attempts to reach Hollingsworth on Tuesday were unsuccessful.