PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A man is facing charges after police said he was part of a group assaulting multiple homeless people in downtown Eugene on Friday.
Jairo Jesus Hernandez-Avila, 22, was arrested following a “pistol-whipping” incident in the area of East 10th Avenue and Oak Alley.
Just before 2:30 a.m., Eugene police received a report that a group of men was assaulting someone at the stairs by the elevator at the Overpark.
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When police arrived, they found a victim with a “large injury to the back of his head.” They also found a gun in a nearby dumpster…