Ramond Andrew Lawrence, 17, of Portland was arraigned in juvenile court Friday on a murder allegation in connection with one of the two New Year's Eve
Ramond Andrew Lawrence, 17, of Portland was arraigned in juvenile court Friday on a murder allegation in connection with one of the two New Year's Eve shooting deaths in Gresham. He's being held on $250,000 bail. Gresham police found two 18-year-old men dead late Wednesday after being alerted to people running through an apartment complex and firing guns just before 8 p.m. Gresham officers found Darius Jerrel Perry, 18, of Portland lying in the street by the Barberry Village Apartments, in the 200 block of Southeast 188th Street. As police canvassed the neighborhood, they discovered the body of Willy Lewis Butler, 18, of Portland behind a nearby apartment complex. Investigators suspect Butler fatally shot Perry, and then Lawrence shot and killed Butler, said Sean Riddell, a Multnomah County deputy district attorney. Butler was a half brother to a murder suspect, Latwan Brown, 30, who is wanted in Cross' killing at the North Portland church last month. Detectives found an em...