PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police say the wounded suspect in a weekend shooting at a Portland strip club has died of his injuries.
Sgt. Pete Simpson said 43-year-old Thomas Elliott Hjelmeland (YELM-Land) died Thursday at a Portland hospital.
The spokesman says an investigation of the Saturday night shooting continues and no arrests have been made.
The Oregonian reports (https://is.gd/u3Uh1f ) that friends say a club bouncer shot in the head by a masked intruder at the Mystic Gentleman’s Club remains in critical condition. The club’s owner has said bouncer Brian Rizzo refused to admit a man earlier in the evening after the man made rude and racist remarks while waiting in line.
The newspaper says a second bouncer trailed the masked gunman out of the club and fired his own gun at the man.
Two other people in the club suffered minor injuries.
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