CASE
CASE OF
CASE OF A
CASE OF A MAN WHO WAS BELIEVED TO BE OREGON'S YOUNGEST COVA
DEATH AND WHERE IT IS JUST
CRAZY TO BEGIN AT 11 O'CLOCK
WITH NATIONWIDE UNREST OVER THE
DEATH OF BREONNA TAYLOR
PROTESTS ARE HAPPENING IN
CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND
TURNING VIOLENT IN THE STREETS
OF LOUISVIILE.
OF LOUISVIILE. >> TWO POLICE OFFICERS THERE
WERE SHOT TONIGHT.
ONE IS ALERT AND STABLE.
THE OTHER IS IN SURGERY AND
ALSO STABLE.
ALSO STABLE. BUT THE POLICE SAY THEY HAVE
ONE PERSON IN CUSTODY.
THIS HAPPENED AFTER A GRAND
JURY'S DECISION TODAY THAT NO
POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE
DIRECTLY CHARGED IN BREONNA
TAYLOR'S DEATH.
TAYLOR'S DEATH. IT'S BEEN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS
SINCE LOUISVIILE POLICE STORMED
HER APARTMENT LOOKING FOR
DRUGS.
DRUGS.
DRUGS. HER BOYFRIEND KENNETH WALKER
SAID HE THOUGHT IT WAS A BREAK
IN.
IN.
IN. HE
IN. HE SHOT AT OFFICERS WHO FIRED
BACK KILLING TAYLOR.
ONE OF THE OFFICERS
INVESTIGATED WILL BE CHARGED
BUT NOT FOR TAYLOR'S DEATH.
OFFICER BRETT HANKINSON FACES
THREE COUNTS OF WANTON
ENDANGERMENT ENDANGERMENT FOR
SHOOTING INTO A NEIGHBORING
APARTMENT.
APARTMENT. THE TAYLOR FAMILY ATTORNEY
CALLS THE DECISION OUTRAGEOUS
AND PROTESTS OVER THAT DECISION
ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY INCLUDING NEW YORK,
CHICAGO AND HERE IN PORTLAND.
>> A RIOT HAS BEEN DECLARED AT
A PROTEST BY THE JUSTICE
CENTER.
CENTER.
CENTER. THE CROWD ORIGINALLY GATHERED
ON THIRD AVENUE.
BUT SOME PROTESTERS MOVED TO
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING
TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE POLICE
STATION.
STATION.
STATION. OFFICERS HAVE USED SMOKE
GRENADES AND FLASH BANGS TO
PUSH PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE AREA.
SOME SORT FLAMING PROJECTILES
HAVE BEEN THROWN AT OFFICERS
AND AN AWNING OF THE BUILDING
WAS LIT ON FIRE.
THE PROTESTERS ON THIRD AVENUE
ALSO BEING CLEARED OUT.
THEY HAD BEEN CHANTING BREONNA
TAYLOR'S NAME.
TAYLOR'S NAME. >> SEVERAL PASSIONATE SPEAKERS
TOLD THE CROWD THE
DISCRIMINATION THEY FACED IN
THEIR OWN LIVES AND EXPRESSED
OUTRAGE OVER TODAY'S GRAND JURY
DECISION.
DECISION.
DECISION. TODAY PORTLAND PARKS
COMMISSIONER AMANDA FRITZ
DENIED A PERMIT FOR A FAR RIGHT
RALLY THIS WEEKEND THE PROUD
BOYS ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO HOLD
IT AT DELTA PARK ON SATURDAY.
BUT COMMISSIONER FRITZE SAID
THE PERMIT WAS DENIED DUE TO
THE CAUVIN 19 RESTRICTIONS.
SHE SAID SOCIAL DISTANCING
WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE PLANNING TO
ATTEND.
ATTEND.
ATTEND. WE CHECKED WITH THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAVE NOT
ACTUALLY APPROVED ANY PERMITS
FOR PROTESTING THIS SUMMER FOR
ANY GROUP.
ANY GROUP. OBVIOUSLY THE PROTESTS HAVE
GONE ON ANYWAY.
IT'S FASCISTS ARE ALSO PLANNING
EVENTS NEARBY ON SATURDAY
PORTLAND POLICE SAY THEY ARE
MONITORING THIS SINCE RALLIES
LIKE THESE HAVE BEEN VIOLENT IN
THE PAST.
THE PAST.
THE PAST. >> ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN TODAY
IS A WELCOME SIGHT FOR
FIREFIGHTERS ACROSS OREGON.
THERE ARE NOW 10 WILDFIRES
BURNING DOWN FROM 30 SEVEN AT
ONE POINT.
ONE POINT. GOVERNOR BROWN DESCRIBED THE
WILDFIRE FIGHT AS ENTERING A
NEW PHASE TODAY.
BUT ALTHOUGH THE RAIN IS
HELPING, IT'S ALSO INCREASING
THE DANGER OF FALLING TREES.
WE CERTAINLY WOULD DO THAT JUST
LIKE WE THOUGHT IN EAGLE CREEK
,FAVORTIE OR THE CHALLENGES
OF FIRES BURNING ON PEOPLE'S
FIVE ENDAGERMENT TORROW.
>> THE MASSIVE FIRES COULD COST
OREGON MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS BY THE END
OF THE SEASON.
FEMA COULD HELP CUT THAT COST
IN HALF.
IN HALF.
IN HALF. ALSO THE RAIN HAS HELPED CLEAR
OUT SOME OF THE SMOKE SO
FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTERS CAN
FLY.
FLY.
FLY. BUT
FLY. BUT THEY'VE ALSO BEEN GROUNDED
AGAIN THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF A
DRONE AND EVEN A PARAGLIDER.
OFFICIALS ARE ASKING PEOPLE
PLEASE DO NOT FLY IN THESE FIRE
ZONES BACK TO THE RAIN FOR A
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. >> IT CERTAINLY CAME DOWN AT
TIMES THIS EVENING PRETTY HARD
AND MORE IS ON THE WAY.
METEOROLOGIST JOE RAINERI HAS A
LOOK RIGHT NOW AT OUR FIRST
FORECAST.
FORECAST.
FORECAST. >> HEY THERE, DANIELLE WAS THE
SHEETS OF RAIN EARLIER TONIGHT.
WE SAW A GOOD AMOUNT OF RAIN
MOVED THROUGH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND REALLY OUT THERE
AS WE SPEAK.
SO DEFINITELY A GOOD SIGN FOR
CREWS WHO WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
ON THOSE WILDFIRES THROUGHOUT
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
HERE'S THE LOOK AT THE RADAR
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. IT'S STILL PRETTY WET OUT THERE
ESPECIALLY AS YOU TRAVEL EAST
THROUGHOUT PARTS OF 84.
ALSO PICKING UP SOME LIGHTNING
STRIKES WELL OFFSHORE OUT THERE
IN THE PACIFIC AND DOESN'T
APPEAR THAT WE'RE BE SEEING ANY
THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS AT
TONIGHT HERE LOCALLY.
BUT YOU'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO
BE SEEING SOME SCATTERED
SHOWERS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF HOURS.
OF HOURS.
OF HOURS. BUT LOOK AT SOME OF THESE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE COAST
CLOSE TO TWO INCHES UP AT
TELLING THE STORY WEREN'T FAR
BEHIND AND DOWN IN NEWPORT
SOUTH OF ALONG HIGHWAY ONE
THERE YOU SAW CLOSE TO AN INCH
OF RAIN.
OF RAIN.
OF RAIN. THIS IS A WELCOME SIGHT
CONSIDERING JUST HOW DRY IT HAS
BEEN.
BEEN.
BEEN. IT'S REALLY OUR FIRST SOAKER
OF AUTUMN THIRD WITH ONE OF THE
MORE WETTEST DAYS OF THE YEAR
AND IT'S DEFINITELY GOOD NEWS
FOR THE CREWS WHO ARE
CONTINUING TO WORK ON THOSE
WILDFIRES.
WILDFIRES. AND AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO BE
SEEING MORE RAIN NOT AS MUCH
TOMORROW BUT ANOTHER ROUND
HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES FOR FRIDAY.
I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A
COUPLE OF MINUTES.
JOHN, APPRECIATE IT.
WE'LL TALK TO YOU AGAIN SOON
JOE.
JOE.
JOE. MEANWHILE, FIREFIGHTERS FIGHT A
WILDFIRE.
WILDFIRE.
WILDFIRE. EVACUEES ARE DEALING WITH SO
MUCH RIGHT NOW MAKING MATTERS
EVEN WORSE SOME SEEKING REFUGE
IN GLADSTONE HAVE LEARNED THEIR
SHELTER WILL BE CLOSING.
AS MIKE BENNER REPORTS, THE
FAITH LEADERS OPERATING THE
SHELTER JUST DON'T HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO KEEP IT UP.
>> FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS THE
CAMP GROUND AT THE ORGAN
CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTISTS IN GLADSTONE HAS
BEEN A TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR
WILDFIRE EVACUEES LIKE CAROL
HUMPHREYS.
HUMPHREYS. >> I WOULD SAY ON A SCALE
OF ONE TO 10 MINUTES OF 11 THAT
SAYS A LOT CONSIDERING THIS IS
THE SECOND PLACE HUMPHRIES HAS
SOUGHT REFUGE SINCE LEAVING HER
HOME IN A LEVEL THREE
EVACUATION ZONE.
EVACUATION ZONE. >> PEOPLE READ JUST WONDERFUL.
THEY'VE EVEN FED US HERE.
NOW IT'S BEEN LOVELY.
EVERYBODY'S BEEN VERY, VERY
NICE.
NICE.
NICE. AND
NICE. AND SO MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
YOU KNOW, WE FEEL SAFE HERE.
WE CALL THIS PLACE HOPE VALLEY.
>> JONATHAN RUSSELL OF THE
OREGON CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH
DAY ADVENTIST SAYS THEY DECIDED
TO OPEN THEIR PROPERTY TO
EVACUEES WITHIN HOURS OF THE
WILDFIRES KICKING UP.
>> WHEN PEOPLE CAME IN WE WERE
ANXIOUS TO PROVIDE A SAFE
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. >>
PLACE. >> WE'VE HAD 24 HOUR SECURITY.
WE HAD HOT SHOWERS OPEN.
RUSSELL SAYS IT'S TAKEN AN
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES
TO DO THIS.
>> AND THEY JUST CAN'T ANYMORE.
IT'S A REAL STRAIN ON US TO BE
ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS
INDEFINITELY.
INDEFINITELY. >> SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THE
COUNTY TO FIND A PLACE TO FIND
A TRANSITION.
A TRANSITION. >> HE CLOSED BY 12 P.M. ON
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH AT A
MEETING LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. EVACUEES WERE TOLD THE SHELTER
WILL BEGIN WINDING DOWN AND
CLOSE AT NOON NEXT WEDNESDAY.
CLACKAMASCOUNTY WILL WORK WITH
EVACUEES TO FIND A NEW SHELTER
SITE.
SITE.
SITE. WHILE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
MANY IN THIS CROWD ARE ANXIOUS,
INCLUDING CAROL HUMPHRIES.
>> I WOULD RATHER JUST STAY
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. YOU
HERE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL VERY
COMFORTABLE HERE.
COMFORTABLE HERE. THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL.
>> HUMPHRIES IS HOPING TO FIND
THE SAME SORT OF HOSPITALITY AT
THE NEXT SHELTER BEFORE
EVENTUALLY RETURNING HOME.
>> HOME IS GOING TO LOOK A LOT
DIFFERENT THAN IT DID WHEN WE
LEFT, THAT'S FOR SURE.
BUT IT'S STILL I STILL WANT TO
GO BACK THERE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
OUR VERY BEST TO CAROL
HUMPHRIES.
HUMPHRIES. SHE IS AMONG THE MANY WHO STILL
CAN'T GO HOME.
WE CHECKED THE WILDFIRE
EVACUATION ZONE MAP ON THE
CLACKAMASCOUNTY WEB SITE AND A
GOOD CHUNK OF THE COUNTY'S
SOUTHEAST DOMESTICATES IS STILL
UNDER LEVEL THREE EVACUATION.
I'M MIKE BENNER FOR KGW NEWS IN
THE CROW VIRUS PANDEMIC.
>> OREGON IS SEEING A BIT OF AN
INCREASE NOW IN CASES RECENTLY
THE DAILY NUMBERS OF CASES HAS
BEEN TRENDING DOWNWARD BUT IT'S
STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF GOING
UP AGAIN.
UP AGAIN.
UP AGAIN. TODAY THE OREGON HEALTH
AUTHORITY REPORTED ONE HUNDRED
AND NINETY THREE NEW CASES AND
SIX DEATHS THEY SAY IN THE PAST
TWO WEEKS THE PERCENTAGE
OF POSITIVE CASES WENT UP TO
JUST MORE THAN SIX PERCENT
OF ALL PEOPLE TESTED PLANS FOR
KIDS TO RETURN TO THE
CLASSROOMS IN CLARK COUNTY OR
ON AT LEAST A THREE WEEK HOLD.
NOW BECAUSE OF THIS SURGE IN
CORONA VIRUS CASES, HEALTH
OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THE
TRANSMISSION RATE HAD JUMPED
FROM MODERATE TO HIGH RANGE.
EVERGREEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAD
JUST STARTED BRINGING SOME
KINDERGARTNERS BACK IN SMALL
GROUPS THIS WEEK THAT WILL
CONTINUE.
CONTINUE.
CONTINUE. BUT EVERGREEN'S PLAN TO EXPAND
HYBRID LEARNING TO ALL
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS BY
MID-OCTOBER IS SET BACK.
>> SO AT THIS POINT IF YOU KNOW
BEST CASE SCENARIO AND THE
NUMBER START LINE DOWN
IMMEDIATELY AND STAY IN THAT
MODERATE CATEGORY.
MODERATE CATEGORY. >> IT'LL BE THE LAST WEEK
OF OCTOBER FIRST PART
OF NOVEMBER BOTH WILL REVAMP
AND GET READY TO GO.
>> HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY NO
MAJOR OUTBREAKS FUELED THIS
SURGE BUT THAT LABOR DAY
SOCIALIZING AND PEOPLE BEING
INSIDE TOGETHER TO AVOID SMOKY
SKIES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO
IT.
IT.
IT. A
IT. A 26
IT. A 26 YEAR OLD YAMHILL COUNTY
MAN WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN
OREGON'S YOUNGEST COVA DEATH.
BUT NOW IT TURNS OUT HE DIDN'T
HAVE THE VIRUS.
AND AS MORGAN ROMERO REPORTS,
HIS FAMILY WAS SKEPTICAL FROM
THE START.
THE START. >> OREGON REPORTED HIM IS THE
YOUNGEST COVA 19 DEATH IN THE
STATE AT 26 YEARS OLD.
BUT MATTHEW, EARVIN'S PARENTS
WERE ALWAYS SUSPICIOUS.
THEY DID BLOOD TESTS AND TO THE
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT WAS
ELEVATED SO THEY JUST SAID IT
LOOKED LIKE BASICALLY FROM
EARLY ON I FELT THAT THE
COVERED DIAGNOSIS WAS
INCORRECT.
INCORRECT. >> IRVIN'S CORONA VIRUS TEST
CAME BACK NEGATIVE.
>> A FEW DAYS AFTER HE SUDDENLY
DIED, NEITHER YAMHILL COUNTY
NOR THE STATE MEDICAL
EXAMINER'S OFFICE WOULD DO AN
AUTOPSY.
AUTOPSY.
AUTOPSY. THE STATE SAYS IT DIDN'T DO ONE
BECAUSE IT'S UNDERSTAFFED.
THEY DIDN'T LOOK AT IT
DIFFERENTLY THAT THEY ASSUMED
THAT WAS CAUVIN.
>> AND SHOULD A THEN AN AUTOPSY
TO FIND OUT WHY THIS YOUNG MAN
DIED IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS, HIS
FAMILY HIRED A PRIVATE
PATHOLOGIST BUT THAT AUTOPSY
CAME BACK INCONCLUSIVE IF HE
SAID IT WAS DEFINITELY RELATED
TO THE LUNGS.
>> THE BLOOD BODY THE STATE
ADVISED YAMHILL COUNTY SEND
ERVIN'S LUNG TISSUE SAMPLES TO
THE CDC FOR SPECIALIZED TESTING
.
.
. >>
. >> TURNS OUT THE FAMILY'S GUT
FEELING WAS RIGHT.
THE CDC FOUND NO EVIDENCE
OF CAUVIN 19.
NOW WHERE WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?
>> WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR SON?
WHAT?
WHAT?
WHAT? HOW
WHAT? HOW CAN WE SAVE OTHER PEOPLE'S
LIVES WHEN INCLUDING THE DEATH
COUNT?
COUNT?
COUNT? >>
COUNT? >> OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY WENT
OFF ERVIN'S DEATH CERTIFICATE
WHICH LISTED KOVA 19 AS A CAUSE
OR CONDITION CONTRIBUTING TO
HIS DEATH.
HIS DEATH. THE STATE REPORTS PEOPLE WHO
DIED FROM IT AND WITH COLVARD
AS THE SAME THING AND SAYS IT'S
IN LINE WITH NATIONAL
RECOMMENDATIONS WEDNESDAY OSHA
ANNOUNCED ERVIN'S DEATH
CERTIFICATE NO LONGER SAYS
CAUVIN, 19, AND IT TOOK HIM OUT
OF ORGANS DEATH TOLL.
>> BUT THE FAMILY WORRIES
OREGON'S TRACKING PAINTS A
BLURRY PICTURE AND SKEWS THE
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT
OF PEOPLE WHO LOST LOVED ONES
THAT ARE QUESTIONING.
>> THEY ALSO FEEL THEIR SON
COULD HAVE GOTTEN HELP IF
DOCTORS DIDN'T ASSUME HE HAD
THE VIRUS.
THE VIRUS. >> HE HAD A BIG HEART AND IS
WAY TOO EARLY TO TAKE.
WE JUST WANT CLOSURE.
I MEAN