Starts now. And let's get right
to some breaking news tonight.
A deadly shooting in the Portsmouth
neighborhood in North Portland.
This is a live look at the scene there.
Police responding about 7:30 this
evening to North Geneva Ave that's
along Northgate Park where they found
evidence of gunfire and investigators
say the victim there got a ride
to the hospital but later died.
He or she has not yet been identified.
You can see from these live images
here this is an active homicide
investigation with the streets in
the area closed off and no word.
On any suspects or arrests details as
we get them here and anytime at kgw.com.
Well, thanks for joining us tonight.
I'm David molko.
Relief, gratitude,
and a warning for other parents.
That's just some of what the mother
of a 7 year old who was asleep in a
car when it was stolen wants to share.
Tonight we're learning more about
all of the moving parts that
helped lead to her toddler.
Safe return.
Catherine Cook is in The Newsroom.
Catherine,
so many neighbors and officers stepped up for
this, and David and the and police
found the car just 2 1/2 miles from
where it had been stolen between
social media alerts from police.
The news reports and even an Amber Alert.
Thousands of people were hoping, praying,
and even looking for this little girl.
My only child lost. You could
imagine any any mother would be
desperate to find their children.
This mother's desperation washed over
the Portland metro area Sunday night.
Everyone's anxious to help find 7
year old yamilet. She's safe now,
but around 6:50 Sunday night,
her family called 911.
They told police someone had
stolen their black Honda Civic
with yamilet asleep in the back.
They'd left the car running while
returning a moving truck near Southeast.
49th and Powell,
she walked away from the car just for a
moment, and then she turned around and
realized that the car was driving away,
Portland Police Sergeant Kevin Allen says.
For the next 4 hours, around 50 police
officers searched for Yamileth and
10 detectives came in on overtime.
There was a tremendous
amount of urgency here.
Most of us are parents.
A lot of us are parents,
and we basically see our own
kids in the faces of every
child that we deal with.
About an hour after that 911 call,
police posted photos of the missing
7 year old and the car she was in.
Officers formed a grid search and
community members flooded police with tips.
Then, at 1035, Oregon State
Police pushed out an Amber Alert.
OSP tells us while the case didn't
meet all the requirements of one,
they felt it was necessary
with the given information
and almost every Amber Alert
you know is going to take a
matter of hours to come out,
and they don't normally come out.
Right when the call comes out,
by then many community
members like Nick Corey,
who had seen the news reports,
were also out searching for yamilet.
You know, it was appealing to the
public and I thought, hey, that's me.
And so I felt like, you know,
I needed to do something.
I couldn't just sit there.
Nick drove around Laurelhurst Park.
Around that same time Portland police
officers Nick Bianchini and Greg Buday
spotted the black Honda Civic near that park.
It was ditched along SE,
Laurelhurst Place, and Ankeny.
The doors were locked
so they got out to check it and
sure enough they could see through
the window that the little girl was
still in the in the car, fast asleep.
One of the officers was actually
able to kind of reach through the
opening and get the door unlocked.
And when they opened the door,
that's when the alarm went off,
and that's when Yamilet woke up.
I was just super grateful to have the
police there, the law enforcement and
the community really come together.
Her mother says. It's possible she
slept through the whole nightmare
everyone else had lived through,
and she was in there and asking for me.
No, she's OK and I'm so happy you
have her home. And the worst is over.
I cannot even imagine.
Police tell me they are looking for a
suspect but haven't arrested anyone yet.
They are processing evidence,
including video from where the car was
stolen and where it was recovered.
Also, police say it'll be important to
figure out the crook's true intention here.
Was it just stealing a car or was
kidnapping always part of the plan?
And Catherine no matter what?
Just a huge relief for everybody involved,
most of all mom, dad and seven-year old.
Yummy let Catherine thanks
for your reporting tonight.
Well new Tonight Portland police
say they're they're bringing the
so-called entertainment detail
back to Old Town Chinatown.
It's getting include a dedicated
group of officers patrolling around
nightlife spots in the neighborhood,
one of the most dangerous one in the
city when it comes to deadly shootings.
We do expect PPB to make an official
announcement including more details about
this plan tomorrow to get you caught
up now on tonight's other headlines.
Speaking of Old Town Portland
police say they have thwarted.
Attempted kidnapping officers say
earlier today someone tried to kidnap
a 5 year old at NW 1st and Davis.
They arrested the suspect,
who faces several charges and was
also cited for possession of meth.
Police have not identified that suspect.
We've also reached out to ask
how the child is doing.
After a week with no school,
the teachers strike in the Ridgefield
School District is finally over.
Students were back in the classroom.
We're expecting more details on the tentative
deal between the Union and the district.
Tomorrow.
As for making up all those lost days,
the district says it's going to treat
the weak like a weather related school
closure and will contact parents
there about an updated schedule.
And Hillsborough is working to open its
first tiny home village for the homeless.
It's going to be up to Walton
Highway and SW 17th Ave right now.
They are waiting on delivery of
tiny pods which will house up to
40 people and plan to be ready for
folks to move in sometime next month.
The village would be temporary
and would operate.
Through March.
After that, the city says it plans to
build a permanent shelter in its place.
Well, tonight,
an update on a troubling encounter.
You may remember these images of a woman
breaking into a Northeast Portland home,
then curling up on a kid's bed before she
allegedly assaulted the child's mother.
While everybody here was OK for that family,
it was a frightening experience.
The Multnomah County DA initially
declining to charge the woman,
though now his office says
he's taking another look.
Now, police identifying the intruder.
Is Terry zinzer.
Records show Zinzer has had multiple
run INS with police over the years and
suffers from mental health issues now.
At first,
the DA said she would not face charges
because she had similar cases dismissed.
That was due to a lack of participation
in treatment and the courts inability
to get zinzer into treatment.
Now here is some big picture
context from a behavioral health
supervisor in Multnomah County.
And it can be very challenging
in hospitals with doctors.
It can be even more challenging
for family members. Umm.
It's a community to understand.
Oh my gosh, it's so obvious that this
person is experiencing some some
mental health symptoms and why aren't
you getting this person treatment?
Well, unless it can be proven in court
that the person is imminently dangerous
because of their mental illness.
Then the law says you can't
force them to do that.
And that's that's hard.
They have really no easy answers.
That is Kathy Shoemate.
We talked with her for a
recent investigative series.
It's called uncommitted.
It explores the civil commitment process,
state standards for forced
mental health treatment.
That series right now is on
kgw.com and our YouTube channel.
We will update you on this case.
Any charges if and when that happens?
Well, tonight of Vancouver couple
is dealing with a heartbreaking
theft after somebody broke in
and stole their loved ones.
Ashes, as Brian Clerkley
explains they are doing.
Everything they can to get them back,
no questions asked.
Somebody came into the house,
they went through the gate
and then they were pushed, pushed through
the back door and burglarized us.
Took a bunch like $8000 in tools they took.
The worst part is my husband's dad's ashes.
Tracy and Aaron Jameson say they feel
violated after their home on NW 17th Ave
in Vancouver was burglarized last week.
It happened in the middle of the day
while the two were at work along with the.
Replaceable items, a small clear vial with
the ashes of Aaron's father, are gone.
The couple didn't realize it was gone
until a few days after the burglary.
Dan Jameson passed away in 2019
from a heart attack.
I mean, so all I really had left of him,
I mean, we were really close and. Mean
something you obviously is not replaceable.
Aaron says the ashes were
taken from this desk.
He says once the burglar
got in from the back door,
the criminal went through the entire
home and left through the front door.
He says the home security
camera subscription had ended,
so it wasn't recording.
The criminal even put something
sticky over the camera lens.
Find some way to return it.
I mean, at this point I don't.
I don't care. I mean,
just bring it back to the house,
put it in the mailbox.
It mean anything.
The couple spoke with the neighbors,
hoping they had some footage
of the burglar. No luck so far.
They've also offered a $1000 reward
for anyone with information leading
to the discovery of the ashes.
Money that I do have. But I mean,
it's just going to take out of
my rent, but I mean, I'm sure my
landlords will understand, so.
Yeah, Brian Clerkley reporting there.
The Jamesons have also started a GO
fund me to raise money for that reward.
Just check out Brian's article kgw.com.
Here's to hoping whoever took
those ashes does the right thing.