Homicide

 

Oregon Police shot to death a 33 year-old man who was suspected to have stabbed a 20 year-old footballer to death in a shopping mall in Oregon, United States of America

The 20 year-old Linebacker, Parker Moore had just featured for

his Linfield College Football team, Wildcats in their 59-0 routing of Pacific University on Saturday night before he was found dead hours later in a 7-eleven convenience store

According to the police report, the ‘’alleged assailant, Joventino Bermudez Arenas, 33, returned to the scene on the outskirts of Linfield’s campus shortly after the 11 p.m. attack and confronted McMinnville police with a knife.’’ The officers hot and killed him instantly

Oregon police could not place the history of the incident

"We don't have an idea of that at all.

"We don't have anything to explain or connect the two. It wasn't a robbery gone wrong, it wasn't an altercation," an officer said

Linfield College President, Thomas Hellie wrote in a statement: “We have lost a valued, important member of our community and all of us share in the grief.

“We are all still in shock, but we know that it is important to speak to counselors, to support each other as we mourn, and to think about and pray for Parker’s family and friends.”

Wildcats teammate wrote: “Parker was a dear member of the team, a true family member. Embodied everything that's good about Linfield.''