2017 Portland train attack
On May 26, 2017, Jeremy Joseph Christian fatally stabbed two men and injured a third after he was confronted for shouting racist and anti-Muslim slurs at two black teenagers, Destinee Mangum and Walia Mohamed, on a MAX Light Rail train in Portland, Oregon. Two of the victims, Ricky John Best of Happy Valley and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche of Portland, were killed; the third victim, Micah David-Cole Fletcher, survived with serious wounds.
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The Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center MAX Station, where police arrived after the attack | |
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| Location | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°31′58″N 122°37′15″W |
| Date | May 26, 2017 c. 4:30 p.m. (UTC−08:00) |
Attack type | Stabbing, hate crime |
| Weapons | Knife |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrator | Jeremy Joseph Christian |
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Christian was arrested and indicted soon after the attack on charges of murder, attempted murder, and other crimes, including a separate hate-crime assault the day before the fatal attack. In February 2020, following a jury trial, Christian was found guilty on all counts. Christian was sentenced on June 24, 2020, to two life terms without parole.
The attack was widely condemned by the Portland community, politicians, and civil rights groups, some of which said it represented a rise in hate speech, racism, and Islamophobic incidents in the United States.