Texas man came to Portland for protests, defense claims, not 2021 pot robbery that left 4 dead

A struggle over a snub-nosed rifle left four dead during a strong-arm marijuana robbery gone horribly wrong, a Multnomah County jury heard Monday as a prosecutor and a defense lawyer delivered their opening statements.

The state argues Jeremy Lenoire was one of three masked gunmen who burst into the Southeast Portland home — and the only one of the trio to survive the June 6, 2021 quadruple homicide.

He faces two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of 31-year-old Mitchell Nacoste, who lived at the home containing a 100-pound trove of marijuana, and his brother, Kendall Gragg, 27…

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