Happy Valley father shot to death; Man, 72, arrested

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 72-year-old man is accused of shooting to death a 36-year-old father while his wife and child were inside their Happy Valley home Friday night.

Around 7 p.m., the man’s wife called 911 and said her husband had been shot in their home near 12000 SE Easthampton Street. Deputies rushed to the home, got the woman and her child outside and then found her husband with a gunshot to his chest in the living room.

Emergency efforts to save his life did not succeed. Authorities said the father, whose name has not yet been publicly released, died soon after…

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