The fatal shooting of a far-right group’s supporter in Portland, Ore., on Saturday is raising fears that the Black Lives Matter and pro-Trump protests across the country could escalate skirmishes between armed citizens and violent agitators. The Portland Police Bureau said that the killing was being investigated as a homicide but had released few details. The New York Times’s Visual Investigations unit reviewed multiple videos of the episode and surrounding events to piece together the fatal encounter between an unidentified gunman and Aaron J. Danielson, 39, who died at the scene. Detour from the caravanThe sequence of events that leads to the shooting begins with a caravan of Trump supporters gathering at Clackamas Town Center, about 10 miles southeast of Portland. But a number of vehicles took a detour.

Source: New York Times September 01, 2020 03:11 UTC