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On Saturday, July 20, 2019, just before 1:30 a.m., Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of an assault with a weapon on a TriMet bus near the 18900 block of SW Tualatin Valley Highway in Aloha. The TriMet bus driver reported that one passenger had attacked another passenger on the bus with a tire iron and then fled on foot.
Deputies quickly found the suspect, 47-year-old Michael Henry Jr. of Hillsboro, across the road on SW Shaw Street and arrested him. Deputies also found the tire iron on the ground near where Mr. Henry Jr. had fled. The victim, a 27-year-old man from Beaverton, had been hit on the head and neck and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Deputies are still investigating the reason for the attack, but the victim and suspect know each other and this was not a random assault.
Mr. Henry Jr. was lodged into jail on charges of Assault in the Second Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Interferring with Public Transportation, and Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree. His bail is set at $250,000.
Deputies also learned that another bus passenger, 53-year-old Richard Campbell Jr. of Portland, was wanted on a Multnomah County warrant for Trespassing in the Second Degree. Mr. Campbell Jr. was arrested and lodged into jail for his warrant.