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Portland Killer Voted for Bernie, Reported by Trump Supporters to Police, Who Did Not
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Two bystanders killed when they attempted to intervene after a man was shouting anti-Muslim and other slurs were called heroes by the mayor and others Saturday.
The FBI special agent in charge of the Portland division said it is too early to tell if the fatal stabbing at around 4:30 p.m. Friday on a MAX train at the Hollywood transit center rises to the level of an act of domestic terrorism or a federal hate crime.
Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35, was allegedly "ranting and raving" and had made anti-Muslim comments to two girls, one of whom was reportedly wearing a hijab before being confronted by people who tried to calm him down, police said.
Christian then allegedly attacked the men, fatally stabbing city employee and Army veteran Rick Best, 53, and 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, police said. A third man was injured. Best died at the scene and Namkai Meche was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.
Christian was arrested near the station and is charged with two counts of aggravated murder, attempted murder, intimidation in the second degree and being a felon in possession of a restricted weapon. He remained held without bail Saturday.
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