Summary

PORTLAND POLICE SAY THEY WILL PROBABLY CHARGE 24-YEAR-OLD JAMES RINCKER WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ASSAULT AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY HELD SEVERAL HOSTAGES IN AN OFFICE TOWER AND SHOT TWO PEOPLE IN A PARKING GARAGE AFTER ABOUT A FOUR HOUR STANDOFF, RINCKER SURRENDERED HE WAS HANDCUFFED AND PLACED IN A POLICE CAR RINCKER WAS FIRED FROM HIS DELIVERY JOB AT A COMPANY IN THE KOIN OFFICE TOWER FOR ALLEGED PROBLEMS WITH FEMALE EMPLOYEES POLICE SAY RINCKER WAS UPSET BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF HIS JOB POLICE LT CW JENSEN SAYS, HE WAS ANGRY AT THESE WOMEN AND DECIDED HE WAS GOING TO GO THERE AND SHOOT THEM ONE MAN WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE BACK AND ANOTHER WAS SHOT THREE OR FOUR TIMES IN THE LEG THE MEN ARE LISTED IN FAIR CONDITION AT A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 50645
Story Slug PORTLAND GUNMAN SURRENDERS (1/5/1996)
Location PORTLAND, OREGON
Format RAW
Date 01/05/1996
Archive Time 46:09
TRT 2:47
Supers PORTLAND, OREGON LT CW JENSEN PORTLAND PD
Video Description AMBULANCE PULLING AWAY, SOT WITH POLICE OFFICER, FBI AGENTS ON SCENE, OFFICERS WITH LONG RIFLES AROUND CORNER OF BUILDING, VICTIMS ON GURNEY’S BEING WORKED ON AND PUT INTO AMBULANCES,AERIALS OF SCENE
Description PORTLAND POLICE SAY THEY WILL PROBABLY CHARGE 24-YEAR-OLD JAMES RINCKER WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ASSAULT AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY HELD SEVERAL HOSTAGES IN AN OFFICE TOWER AND SHOT TWO PEOPLE IN A PARKING GARAGE AFTER ABOUT A FOUR HOUR STANDOFF, RINCKER SURRENDERED HE WAS HANDCUFFED AND PLACED IN A POLICE CAR RINCKER WAS FIRED FROM HIS DELIVERY JOB AT A COMPANY IN THE KOIN OFFICE TOWER FOR ALLEGED PROBLEMS WITH FEMALE EMPLOYEES POLICE SAY RINCKER WAS UPSET BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF HIS JOB POLICE LT CW JENSEN SAYS, HE WAS ANGRY AT THESE WOMEN AND DECIDED HE WAS GOING TO GO THERE AND SHOOT THEM ONE MAN WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE BACK AND ANOTHER WAS SHOT THREE OR FOUR TIMES IN THE LEG THE MEN ARE LISTED IN FAIR CONDITION AT A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
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Keywords

CRIME
HOSTAGE STANDOFF
SHOOTING
GUN VIOLENCE
JOB SITE VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE AT WORKPLACE
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