Portland police still trying to determine what led up to mass shooting Saturday

Six people were shot, one fatally, in a mass shooting incident in Northeast Portland Saturday night. Portland police said on Sunday the incident began as a confrontation between an armed homeowner and armed protesters.

According to a press release from the Portland Police Bureau (PPB), police were dispatched after 8 p.m. to the intersection of Northeast 55th Avenue and Northeast Hassalo Street in the Rose City Park neighborhood, next to Normandale Park. Dispatch records showed 23 police units and four fire and medical units at the scene by 9 p.m.

One female victim was found dead when officers arrived, PPB said. Friends later confirmed with KGW that her name is June Knightly. Her cause of death will be determined by the Oregon State Medical Examiner, police said.

Five additional people were hit by gunfire.

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