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Excerpt from thepostmillennial.comA 73-year-old Portland, Oregon activist who aided homeless encampments was stabbed to death on his street by a homeless person on Monday. He acted as a self-appointed neighborhood “sheriff” and would screen homeless people before permitting them to camp on his street. The alleged suspect has already been released from jail, police said.
Kenny Housman, 73, of Portland, was found with a knife wound to the neck. He was transported to the local hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. The incident occurred around 12:30 am Monday on his street located at Southeast 136th Avenue and Clinton Street in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood, police said.
A relative told KATU that Housman, who owned the entire block of property on Clinton Street, went to settle an argument between two homeless campers when he was stabbed by one of the campers in the throat. The suspect was held down by two other campers until police arrived. Michael Zamora, who lives in an RV on the street, said he heard screaming from the campers who alerted him to the incident.
