Suspect arrested in bus stop shooting
05:03 PM PDT on Thursday, April 3, 2008
A man was wounded in a shooting near a Portland bus stop Wednesday night, police said.
A group of men confronted 24-year-old Mario jones after he got off a bus near the intersection of 162nd and Burnside just after 7 p.m., according to police, and then an argument escalated into gunfire.
Jones was wounded and rushed to a local hospital where he was expected to recover, police said.
Suspect 19-year-old Jeffery Sims was later identified and arrested by a transit division officer.
Police were looking for the gun they think was left between SE 162/Stark to NE 148/Multnomah. Officer said if you find it, doo not touch the gun and immediately call 9-1-1.
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