MAY 22, 2019
Road rage shooting results in five year prison sentence for Southeast Portland resident
Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Rod Underhill announced that 39-year-old Garvin Franklin Jr. received a 60 month prison sentence for his involvement in a road rage shooting.
Franklin pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful use of a weapon and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
This investigation started on October 23, 2018 when Portland Police responded to reports of a shooting near Southeast 151st Avenue and Southeast Yamhill Street.
During the investigation, law enforcement learned that the victim and Franklin were traveling through the Centennial neighborhood in separate vehicles. The victim told police that Franklin yelled at him, stopped his vehicle in the middle of the road and then pointed a gun at the victim.
The victim told police that he heard two gunshots as he accelerated passed Franklin’s vehicle. The victim was not injured. Other witnesses also reported hearing gunshots.
Officers determined this was a stranger-on-stranger incident.
Law enforcement located a bullet strike to the driver’s side portion of the victim’s vehicle. Police also recovered two shell casings from the scene. A photo of one of the shell casings is being included with this press release.
On December 28, 2018, Portland Police were dispatched to Franklin’s address to investigate the report of gunfire. Officers located shell casings that were later forensically analyzed. Law enforcement determined the gun used on December 28, 2018 was the same gun used on October 23, 2018.
By pleading guilty, Franklin admits that he was a felon in possession of a firearm and used that weapon during the road rage incident on October 23, 2018.
Upon his release from prison, Franklin will be on 36 months of post-prison supervision.
This case was investigated by the Portland Police Bureau’s Gun Violence Reduction Team (GVRT) and litigated by Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney Shawn Overstreet.
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Contact: Brent Weisberg, Communications Director
Phone: 503.988.6567
Email: Brent.Weisberg@mcda.us