Two Portland teens are accused of shooting the half-brother of Portland Trail Blazer star Damian Lillard in a Clackamas County mall parking lot in March. Jeffrey C. Jessie, 19, and Taivon Campbell, 17, were arrested separately Friday by Portland police and the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. Both teens are also accused in separate prior Portland shootings. Jahrell H. Lillard, 20, of San Leandro, California, was shot several times March 29 on the way to his car while on the north side of Clackamas Town Center in Happy Valley, authorities said. Lillard went back into the mall after being shot, collapsed and was found by someone inside. Police haven't said if investigators have determined what led to the shooting. Lillard survived and is recovering from his injuries. Forensic evidence found after the mall parking lot shooting led to police arresting Jessie at a Happy Valley apartment and Campbell in Portland, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. Jessie was arraigned Monday in Clackamas County Circuit Court on accusations of of attempted murder, first- and second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Jessie is also accused along with another man in a March 12 Northeast Portland shooting, according to Portland police. In that case, authorities said someone in a car fired at a group of people outside a business in the 6300 block of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. At least one person in the group fired back, police said. No one was injured, but bullets hit several cars, a building and a fence. Campbell's charges in the March 29 shooting aren't immediately clear. He is accused of attempted aggravated murder, first-degree robbery, first- and second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, third-degree escape and unlawful possession of a firearm in connection with the March 8 shooting of a 16-year-old boy in the 11900 block of Southeast Ash Street. The 16-year-old survived being shot in the torso, but his bladder was damaged, his spleen had to be removed and he sustained mild paralysis on one side of his body because a bullet was lodged close to his spine, according to a probable cause affidavit in the case. The teen was shot while he was accompanying his sister and another person to sell an iPhone 7 for $500, the affidavit said. Campbell was the prospective buyer, pulled a gun and fired after demanding to see the phone without showing any money, the court documents said. He ran away after. According to the affidavit, Campbell admitted to that shooting when he was arrested and claimed he pulled a gun because he thought he might be robbed. He told investigators that he regretted the shooting and wrote the victim an apology letter. Campbell is being held at the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Center. http://www.oregonlive.com/happy-valley/index.ssf/2018/05/arrest_made_in_shooting_of_dam.html
Did this affect Lillard's play? Look it up...Not that I can see (not sure). Lillard played March 27 vs. New Orleans, we won. Baby born late March 27. He didn't play March 28 vs. Memphis, we lost. Half-brother shot March 29. He played March 30 vs. Clippers (he was ordinary, e.g. shot 2-10 for 3s), we won. He played April 1 vs. Memphis (he was excellent), we won.
