Oregon police have detained a man who they believe stole a backpack and wedding ring from Rick Best, one of the two men stabbed to death in Portland last week while allegedly defending teen girls from bigoted taunts.
Portland Police Bureau officials announced on Friday that officers had apprehended a man shown on surveillance footage leaving the Max train with Best’s backpack moments after the 53-year-old Army veteran was stabbed on board the train.
“They’ve suffered an immense loss and this is just one more layer of tragedy to their already awful experience,” Sgt. Pete Simpson said of the family,...
Portland Police Bureau officials announced on Friday that officers had apprehended a man shown on surveillance footage leaving the Max train with Best’s backpack moments after the 53-year-old Army veteran was stabbed on board the train.
“They’ve suffered an immense loss and this is just one more layer of tragedy to their already awful experience,” Sgt. Pete Simpson said of the family,...
- 6/2/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
Destinee Magnum wanted to meet the man who saved her life.
On Wednesday, Magnum, one of the teens who was the target of an alleged racial tirade on a Portland light rail train last Friday that culminated with an attack that left two men dead, met Micah Fletcher, the 21-year-old who was stabbed when he stepped in to help her.
Calling Fletcher, the lone survivor of the three Good Samaritans who intervened in the attack, “one of the angels that saved my daughter’s life,” Destinee’s mother, Dyjuana Hudson, posted images of the emotional meeting on Facebook.
“Micah is...
On Wednesday, Magnum, one of the teens who was the target of an alleged racial tirade on a Portland light rail train last Friday that culminated with an attack that left two men dead, met Micah Fletcher, the 21-year-old who was stabbed when he stepped in to help her.
Calling Fletcher, the lone survivor of the three Good Samaritans who intervened in the attack, “one of the angels that saved my daughter’s life,” Destinee’s mother, Dyjuana Hudson, posted images of the emotional meeting on Facebook.
“Micah is...
- 6/1/2017
- by KC Baker
- PEOPLE.com
‘It Wasn’t About Being a Hero, It Was About Being a Human’: Portland Stabbing Victim’s Sister Speaks
The sister of Portland train stabbing victim Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche says that instead of leaving this world angry and scared, his final moments on Friday were filled with love and peace.
According to police and witnesses, Namkai-Meche was one of three men who were allegedly stabbed by 35-year-old Jeremy Joseph Christian.
Authorities said that along with 21-year-old Micah Fletcher and Rick Best, 53, Namkai-Meche tried to intervene Friday afternoon as Christian verbally harassed two teenage girls, one who was black and one who was wearing a hijab, with “hate speech.”
Christian is accused of stabbing all three in the neck and...
According to police and witnesses, Namkai-Meche was one of three men who were allegedly stabbed by 35-year-old Jeremy Joseph Christian.
Authorities said that along with 21-year-old Micah Fletcher and Rick Best, 53, Namkai-Meche tried to intervene Friday afternoon as Christian verbally harassed two teenage girls, one who was black and one who was wearing a hijab, with “hate speech.”
Christian is accused of stabbing all three in the neck and...
- 5/30/2017
- by Caitlin Keating
- PEOPLE.com
It was the call Margie Fletcher had dreaded.
Her 21-year-old son, Micah Fletcher, a student at Portland State University, had always stood up against bullies since he was often a target of harassment himself, because of his Asperger’s syndrome (a mild form of autism), Margie tells People.
She admired her son’s righteousness, she says, but “I always worried that somebody might hurt him.”
Those fears came true on Friday afternoon, when police and witnesses say Micah was one of three men attacked on a train in Portland, Oregon, while trying to help two teenage girls, one black and one wearing a hijab,...
Her 21-year-old son, Micah Fletcher, a student at Portland State University, had always stood up against bullies since he was often a target of harassment himself, because of his Asperger’s syndrome (a mild form of autism), Margie tells People.
She admired her son’s righteousness, she says, but “I always worried that somebody might hurt him.”
Those fears came true on Friday afternoon, when police and witnesses say Micah was one of three men attacked on a train in Portland, Oregon, while trying to help two teenage girls, one black and one wearing a hijab,...
- 5/30/2017
- by KC Baker and Christine Pelisek
- PEOPLE.com
A woman who comforted Portland, Oregon, train stabbing victim Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche in his final moments says his last words were ones of kindness.
Rachel Macy, who was riding the Max train on Friday when Jeremy J. Christian allegedly stabbed three men, killing two, after they intervened when Christian harassed a Muslim woman, told local TV station Koin that she comforted Namkai-Meche because she “just didn’t want him to be alone.”
“I took my shirt off and put it on him. We held it together, I just prayed, all I could do was pray,” Macy told the station.
“He said,...
Rachel Macy, who was riding the Max train on Friday when Jeremy J. Christian allegedly stabbed three men, killing two, after they intervened when Christian harassed a Muslim woman, told local TV station Koin that she comforted Namkai-Meche because she “just didn’t want him to be alone.”
“I took my shirt off and put it on him. We held it together, I just prayed, all I could do was pray,” Macy told the station.
“He said,...
- 5/30/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
Nearly $1 million has been donated to multiple fundraisers in support of the victims of Friday’s train stabbing in Portland, Oregon, and thousands of dollars continue to pour in every hour for the three men being described as “heroes.”
As of this writing Monday morning, more than $880,000 has been raised across three fundraising drives for Rick Best, 53, Micah Fletcher, 21, and 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche. Police reportedly said the three intervened on a Portland Max train about 4:30 p.m. Friday as 35-year-old Joseph Christian harassed two teenage girls, “ranting and raving” at them and using “hate speech.”
One of the...
As of this writing Monday morning, more than $880,000 has been raised across three fundraising drives for Rick Best, 53, Micah Fletcher, 21, and 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche. Police reportedly said the three intervened on a Portland Max train about 4:30 p.m. Friday as 35-year-old Joseph Christian harassed two teenage girls, “ranting and raving” at them and using “hate speech.”
One of the...
- 5/29/2017
- by Adam Carlson
- PEOPLE.com
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