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Two arrests made in Vancouver teen’s Portland shooting death

By Emily Gillespie, Columbian Breaking News Reporter, and
Jessica Prokop, Columbian Local News Editor
Published: April 14, 2017, 12:36pm

Police in Oregon have arrested two teenagers in the shooting death of a Vancouver teenager earlier this week at a Portland park.

Kole Tabian Jones, 18, of Gresham, Ore., and Malique Kennerly-Hicks, 17, of North Portland are accused in the robbery and slaying of 17-year-old Shawn Scott Jr.

Scott died Tuesday afternoon of a single gunshot wound at Holladay Park near Lloyd Center. He was a junior at Union High School.

Portland Police Bureau Sgt. Pete Simpson said Scott did not know the suspects.

Jones was arrested Thursday and later booked into the Multnomah County Jail on suspicion of murder, first-degree robbery and unlawful use of a vehicle.

He was driving a stolen car in the area of 165th Avenue and East Burnside Street in Portland on Thursday, when he was stopped by a Gresham, Ore., police officer, the Portland Police Bureau reported. During their investigation, homicide detectives developed probable cause for Jones’ arrest, police said.

Kennerly-Hicks was arrested Friday afternoon near 164th Avenue and East Burnside Street in Portland. He was booked into the Multnomah County Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Home on suspicion of first-degree robbery.

Simpson said a Multnomah County grand jury will hear the case next week.

Detectives are continuing their investigation into the homicide and believe there are witnesses who have not contacted police. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Detective Mark Slater at 503-823-9319, mark.slater@portlandoregon.gov, or Detective Erik Kammerer at 503-823-0762, erik.kammerer@portlandoregon.gov.

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