Kenneth Voyles says he was homeless, hungry and cold when he decided to break into a Portland countertop fabrication business in the pre-dawn hours of a winter day to find something to eat and possibly make off with some loot.
He figured no one was there. But he was in for a surprise when the owner — who lived in a back room — turned the corner and found him.
Owner James Grant threw a cup of urine in Voyles’ face, lobbed heavy tiles toward his body and then momentarily left one area of the building to retrieve a gun from under his pillow before returning to shoot Voyles — who said he was trying to escape — three times in the arm and torso…