Portland, OR-A Multnomah County Jury convicted Tyree Deonte Scott of several charges related to a shooting outside The Lounge, a strip club in NE Portland.
The defendant was convicted of:
- Assault in the 2nd Degree with a Firearm
- Assault in the 2nd Degree with a Firearm
- Unlawful Use of a weapon (discharge at a person)
- Unlawful Use of a Weapon (discharge at a vehicle)
- Discharge of a Firearm in the City
The defendant faces a mandatory minimum of 70 months in prison.
Deputy District Attorney Andrew Wood prosecuted the case for the state. After the conviction he said: “The defendant imposed senseless gun violence upon the victim in this case. The victim will continue to live with the physical and emotional injuries he has suffered from this incident, but I believe the verdict of the jury will provide him with a sense that justice has been served.”
The District Attorney’s Office would like to thank Portland Police Primary Detective Jennifer Pierce, (ECST Detectives Division). In addition, MCDA investigators Nathan Tobey and Heather Hughes played important roles in the investigation of the case. We’d also like to thank Victim Advocates Nang Dunn, Rocio Peguero, and Suzanne Rapgnani. All greatly contributed to the case.
THE FACTS:
On May 23, 2023 a man was out with a friend at a strip club. They were joined by two of the friend’s family members and all four eventually went to a second strip club on NE Columbia Boulevard in Portland. While at the second location, Tyree Scott was cut off from drinking by the bartender because he was becoming belligerent. Eventually all four men left the club and as the victim was driving away, Scott pulled out a gun and fired a single shot at the victim from about 70 feet away, breaking the driver’s side window glass and hitting the victim in the left hand.
The victim drove himself to the Salmon Creek hospital.
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