俄勒冈州学区雇员涉嫌在 Happy Valley 民宅枪杀三人：嫌犯次日在海岸汽车旅馆被发现身亡
位于俄勒冈州 Clackamas 县、Portland 东南约10英里的 Happy Valley 市，10月20日中午约12时30分，警方在接到失踪人员福利检查请求后进入 SE Highpointe Street 一处民宅，发现三人中枪身亡。据 Clackamas 县警长办公室通报，三名死者死于「他杀性暴力」。警长办公室10月22日公布三名受害者身份：47岁的 Katie Kinder、其15岁的儿子 Evan Kinder 与78岁的 Patricia Campbell，三人为一家人。
涉嫌行凶的男子为45岁的 Edward Villa，是 North Clackamas 学区的学生与社区联络专员，2007年起在该学区任职。警方在案发后对 Villa 发出逮捕令。10月21日，执法人员在距 Happy Valley 约100英里的海岸城镇 Hammond 一家汽车旅馆定位到 Villa；据报道，美国法警局人员尝试与其联系未获回应，施放催泪弹等弹药后以无人机进入房间，发现 Villa 已身亡，现场执法人员未开枪。Villa 的死因仍在调查中，尚不清楚是否为自杀，案件动机亦在调查中。
North Clackamas 学区10月21日中午约12时20分向家长发送邮件，确认 Villa 为学区现任雇员、当日缺勤，并转达执法部门的说法：学区校园与设施不存在威胁。当日下午，学区再向家长通报 Villa 已死亡。
Clackamas 县警长 James Rhodes 在声明中表示，警方在抵达现场后略多于24小时即确认、追踪并定位了嫌疑人，称三条生命的逝去令人心碎。Happy Valley 警察局长 Marcus Mendoza 表示，此案对这座平日安宁的城市冲击巨大。Villa 生前曾在社交媒体发布展示多支枪械与弹药的视频；其与三名受害者的关系，警方尚未说明。
Oregon School District Employee Suspected in Happy Valley Triple Homicide Found Dead at Coastal Motel
In Happy Valley, a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, about 10 miles southeast of Portland, police responding to a welfare check for a missing person entered a home on SE Highpointe Street around 12:30 p.m. on October 20 and found three people shot to death. The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said the three died as a result of homicidal violence. On October 22, the sheriff's office identified the victims as Katie Kinder, 47, her 15-year-old son Evan Kinder, and Patricia Campbell, 78, members of one family.
The suspect, Edward Villa, 45, worked as a student and community engagement specialist for the North Clackamas School District, where he had been employed since 2007. After a warrant was issued for his arrest, officers located Villa on October 21 at a motel in Hammond, a coastal town about 100 miles from Happy Valley. According to reports, US Marshals attempted to contact him, and after receiving no response deployed tear gas and munitions before sending in a drone, which found Villa dead inside the room; no shots were fired by officers at the scene. His cause of death remains under investigation, and it is not yet clear whether he died by suicide. The motive is also under investigation.
The school district emailed parents around 12:20 p.m. on October 21 confirming Villa was a current employee who was absent from work, and relaying law enforcement's assurance that there was no threat to schools or facilities. Later that day the district informed families that Villa had died.
Clackamas County Sheriff James Rhodes said a suspect was identified, tracked and located a little more than 24 hours after officers arrived on scene, calling the loss of three lives heartbreaking. Police have not said what relationship, if any, Villa had with the victims.
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图片来源：图片来源：Wikimedia Commons，作者 Gary Halvorson / Oregon State Archives，CC BY 4.0（Clackamas 县法院） / Photo: Wikimedia Commons, by Gary Halvorson / Oregon State Archives, CC BY 4.0 (Clackamas County Courthouse)
