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“Five people, four animals, gunfire and arson,” these were the words Washington County Sheriff’s Office Det. Mark Povolny said as he described the complex scene facing the more than 100 investigators trying to unpack what had happened at Otis Lane west of Forest Grove.
A fifth animal later was euthanized due to extensive injuries…