Kirk C. Mickels, 36, is charged with second-degree murder, second-degree assault and a gunman after police said he shot dead a woman inside his sixth-floor apartment in downtown Portland. Neither the police nor the court records identify the women. Prosecutors are no longer charged with kidnapping and illegal use of a weapon against Michels, whose name also appears on court documents. Police arrived at the Hamilton West apartment building at 1212 SW Clay St. around 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, where they found Mickels on his knees, his arms clenched above his head and his gun next to him, according to an affidavit filed on Monday. . Mickels told a 911 dispatcher that two intruders broke into his apartment, pulled out a knife and tried to rob him, so he said he “ended up shooting one of them,” according to an affidavit from attorney general Multnom. , Michael J. Lee. . Police found extra cartridges and ammunition inside the apartment, as well as a gun and two shells, the affidavit said. Surveillance footage showed Michels escorting the two women to his apartment early Sunday morning, according to the affidavit. The women later left and returned with snacks they most likely bought from an vending machine, the affidavit said. But the group started fighting sometime after inhaling methamphetamine, urging Michels to fire a shot that did not hit anyone, then hitting one woman with a pistol and shooting the other in the chest, the affidavit said. The woman who was shot later died at the hospital, police said. Michels told police he had lived in the apartment building for about six months and had been homeless in the past. He was convicted of robbery in Florida in 2018 and also has “arrest cycles” in Mississippi, according to court records. Portland has recorded 30 homicides so far this year, two more than at this point last year. In 2021, the city experienced 92 homicides. – Zane Sparling; [email protected]; 503-319-7083; @pdxzane
