First, let's get right to
breaking news and new gun violee
tonight in downtown Portland.
Right now police are investigatg
reports of shots fired around
7:30 near Southwest Jefferson
and 11th next to a Plaid pantry,
a witness telling us she heard
about 7 gunshots and saw a man
who appeared to be hunched over.
Police have not yet confirmed if anyone
was hurt or if the shooter is in custody.
Updates on kgw.com as we get th.
Well, thanks for joining us.
I'm David Molko.
We continue tonight with a warng
over socalled imposter scam.
Someone calling you pretending
to be someone they are not,
maybe a relative or a police officer,
and demanding help,
usually in the form of money.
And while we hear about these
all of the time new technology,
including a I, is making those
lies more convincing than ever.
Alma Mccarty's in The Newsroom.
Alma,
you have the story of a KG W vir
who is tricked into forking ove.
2 grand.
That's right, David. 2 grand.
Looking back, she says she
should have seen those red flag.
But at the time, the caller on e
other end preyed on her emotion,
had a sense of urgency,
was impersonating a police
officer and threatening fines.
She brought this to our attenti.
At the same time,
the Oregon Judicial Department o
flagged us reporting a rise in jury duty
scams. The biggest mistake I
made was answering a robo call.
Zoe says she is not one to answer the
phone if she doesn't know who's calling.
But this number like called me a
couple times and I was like OK,
like maybe someone's in an
accident or something or I needo
address something so I answered.
And immediately this person
is on the phone. The
caller posed as a law enforcement officer,
giving her a name, a badge numb,
and reading back her personal information
like her mailing address and full name.
He gives me these like
2 warrant case numbers.
Like he like here's your file for your
case number for missing the court date,
and then here's your case number
for missing or for being in
contempt of court or something.
It was much more official
sounding than what I'm relaying
official, urgent and convincing.
Zoe just wanted to do the right thing.
I don't want to have this
hanging over my head. The
scammer gave her a name of a ju,
a phone number to call back in a
dollar amount, $5000 for missing
a grand jury summons at this
point. He's like the payment prs
that we have is through Zell,
so you have to set that up.
And again, unfortunately,
like I don't have familiarity with Zell,
but the only thing I know about
it is that it's advertised
in my banking app. After
going back and forth for a while
and sending over $2000, she finy
realized it wasn't legit. And
it feels. So dumb now to be like I gave
this person my bank account num.
But she's not alone.
The Oregon Judicial Department issued
a warning Friday of bogus phone calls,
emails or texts on jury servicet
may lead to fraud officials reminding
people that state and federal cs
do not require anyone to provide
sensitive info through these channels.
And while Oregon courts may proe
jury notices or reminders by te.
These will not request personal information,
make threats or demand money.
And does scammers continue to ue
these older tactics to target people?
New technology is making their
cons even more convincing.
The FTC put out a warning earlir
this year about scammers now
using artificial intelligence.
They're able to copy a person's
voice to demand money.
So now, even if a person on the
other end sounds like a loved o.
It may be fake.
As attackers get more familiar with these
technologies, what they can do with it?
How to operate them. We are goio
see an increase in scam attacks.
Nightmare. I hate it.
Experts say vigilance and skepticism are key.
When you're asked for money in any form.
Don't trust caller ID that can be faked.
And when in doubt,
hang up and call the person
back using unknown number.
Zoe is working to get her money back,
but it is proving difficult,
especially with Zell.
She wanted to share her story in hopes
that others don't fall for thisr
other scams. David
absolutely have to keep getting
the word out. Thank you Alma.
I hope that this is, you know
also reality check for communit,
other young members to to
make make better decisions.
A Washington County Sheriff's dy
severely injured in a life changing crash
reacting after the young driver who sent
him to the hospital received his sentence.
Two teenagers were also killed in that crash,
with the then 18 year old who ws
behind the wheel today apologizing to
their families as he learned hel
spend the next 25 years in pris.
Last April, Xavier Rodriguez was
driving drunk when he slammed io
Deputy Mike Trotter's vehicle.
This was near the corner of TV
Highway and Murray in Beaverton.
Trotter was badly hurt.
So were two teen passengers
in Rodriguez's car.
Two more teens in his vehicle,
Matthew Amaya and Juan Aguilera,
were killed.
Now here is Deputy Trotter's
reaction to Rodriguez's apology.
His apology is great, but in the end his
decisions led to the loss of lives and
challenges in my life. Well,
the victim's family spoke before sentencing,
essentially saying they forgive the driver.
The judge urging him to think long and
hard about why he was spared ins
crash and to put that to good u.
Let's get you caught up on
tonight's other headlines.
Now the Tigard man,
arrested in a disturbing case of child
abuse has made his first court appearance.
74 year old Charles Ward was arrested
along with his wife, Ana Mirand.
Investigators allege the couple
chained one of the kids in their home,
often for more than 12 hours a ,
along with other mistreatment and abuse.
Police also say Miranda had abud
other children in the past.
It's not clear if the kids in ts
case and the couple are related.
An update tonight on the Mount
Hood Medical Birthing Center wih
Legacy Health saying it is aimig
to reopen that center by mid Ju.
In a letter,
they say they are dealing their
initial target date, delaying,
I should say,
their initial target date of late May.
Because they're working to secue
hospital staff,
they also want patients to know
they plan to scale back services
when they first reopen.
The aggression facility closed in March
without getting the required state approval,
And Oregon Senate President Rob
Wagner is pushing back on the
third day of a Republican walko,
calling on GOP lawmakers to show
up to debate and discuss bills.
Rather than stalling by not showing up,
Republicans say Democrats are
violating a law that requires bs
to be summarized in plain langu.
Though the nonpartisan Office of
Legislative Council says the wording on
abortion and gun bills is perfectly legal,
the Senate is scheduled to
try again on Saturday.
Well,
we're about 10 days away from
Oregon's special election.
If you are in Multnomah County,
there is one measure in
particular on the ballot.
You might want to pay attention
to Its goal is to fund lawyers r
renters who are facing eviction.
Though opponents say it's
going to hurt homeowners.
Pat Doris took a closer
look tonight on the story.
In general, it seems like a fair
move that both sides of an evicn
would have a lawyer if they need one.
The folks in Multnomah County who put
this together modeled their rigo
council measure on laws from otr
cities that they consider succel
when you provide free legal representation.
For tenants being taken to evicn
court or at risk of displacemen,
in a surprising number of cases,
you can keep that tenant house
until they can be stabilized.
You'll see the tax on the
May ballot as measure 26238.
Instead of taxing everyone,
this measure would only tax
people who have capital gains.
That's a term for the profit
that you make when you sell
something like property or a
home or stocks or mutual funds,
even digital currency.
The tax would start at .75%,
but it would be adjustable and t
could go up or they could go do.
On the other side,
folks like the Portland Business Alliance
say that tax would have a drama,
even if unintended,
impact on someone at any income
level trying to sell their home.
It's our responsibility to stand
up to proposals like this that
may be well intended to help
get tenants representation.
But that impact, the very thing
that we know is driving our regn
to a place of unaffordability.
So what are the chances of this passing?
I dialed up pollster John
Horvick for some insights.
His group asked about the measue
late last year and found 40% wee
in favor but 47% were opposed.
Traditionally,
Portland voters love new taxes.
The last time voters said no to a new tax
was for a Portland school bond in 2011.
The very next year,
voters approved the measure.
But Harvick, with DHM research,
says the Multnomah County Capital Gains
Tax that's running into tax frustration.
Many in the county feel they're already
paying too much tax for too little service.
The tax may also be impacted by what is
typically low turnout for May elections.
Multnomah County told us today
that every registered voter
should have their ballot by now.
It could be sitting in your
mailbox if you haven't checked .
All right, thanks to the PAT for that.
For more indepth looks into the
big issues affecting our commun,
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