WHO KNOW HIM HE'S BEEN
TRACKING REACTION FROM MAYOR
TED WHEELER ALSO LEADERS ON
THE NATIONAL LEVEL TONIGHT.
YEAH DAN I VISITED A PORTLAND
ADDRESS THAT WE BELIEVE IS
CONNECTED WITH THE VICTIM, A
MAN MET ME OUTSIDE THE HOME
AND TOLD ME THE VICTIM'S
FAMILY MEMBERS WERE INSIDE
ATTEMPTING TO COMFORT EACH
OTHER DURING THIS VERY
DIFFICULT TIME.
HE SAID THE FAMILY DID PLAN
ON MAKING A STATEMENT ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR LOVED
ONE VERY SOON NOW EARLIER IN
THE DAY PORTLAND CITY LEADERS
GATHERED FOR THEIR FIRST IN
PERSON NEWS CONFERENCE IN
MONTHS AFTER OFFERING
CONDOLENCES TO THE VICTIM'S
FAMILY. FEW DETAILS WERE
ACTUALLY PROVIDED ABOUT THE
FATAL SHOOTING HOWEVER, MAYOR
WHEELER HAD PLENTY TO SAY
ABOUT WHAT HE CALLED A
CAMPAIGN OF FEAR INSTIGATED BY
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WITH A NATIONAL NEWS
AUDIENCE WATCHING MAYOR TED
WHEELER ADDRESS LAST NIGHT'S
FATAL SHOOTING WITH A SCATHING
MESSAGE DIRECTED DIRECTLY AT
PRESIDENT TRUMP. DO YOU
SERIOUSLY WONDER. MISTER
PRESIDENT. WHY THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME IN DECADES THAT
AMERICA HAS SEEN THIS LEVEL OF
VIOLENCE. IT'S YOU WHO HAVE
CREATED THE HATE IN THE
DIVISION. TRUMP THEN TWEETED A
FEW MINUTES LATER SAYING THIS
ABOUT MAYOR WHEELER. HE TRIED
MIXING AGITATORS AND
ANARCHISTS AND THEY MOCKED
HIM. HE WOULD LIKE TO BLAME ME
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR
GOING IN, BUT HE HASN'T SEEN
ANYTHING YET. PRESIDENT TRUMP.
YOU BRING NO PEACE. YOU BRING
NO RESPECT TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
YOU MISTER PRESIDENT NEED TO
DO YOUR JOB AS THE LEADER OF
THIS NATION. AND I MISTER
PRESIDENT WILL DO MY JOB AS
THE MAYOR OF THIS CITY. AND WE
WILL BOTH BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
AS WE SHOULD PORTLAND POLICE
CHIEF CHUCK LAVELLE SAID HE
RECOGNIZED THE FATAL SHOOTING
COULD BECOME A FLASHPOINT FOR
MORE VIOLENCE AND HE VOICED
CONCERN ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE ARE
MANY WHO ARE SHARING
INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR
JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS THAT
ARE NOT BASED IN FACT.
A HUMAN BEING LOST THEIR
LIFE LAST NIGHT. AND IT'S
CRITICAL. THAT EVERYONE
REFRAIN FROM CONJECTURE THE
CHIEF ALSO ADDED THAT IT'S
INCUMBENT ON ALL OF US TO BE
BETTER AND WORK TOGETHER TO
EASE TENSIONS SAID NO MORE
LIVES ARE LOST.
AND SHE OF LABELLE SAID HE
NEEDED MORE RESOURCES AND HE
DID NOT RULE OUT THE NEED TO
CALL IN THE NATIONAL GUARD IF
TENSIONS CONTINUE TO ESCALATE
YOU CAN WATCH THAT ENTIRE NEWS
CONFERENCE IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR
LONG. AND IT'S ON KOIN DOT COM
