PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) – Following a mistrial in 2024, a verdict was reached Thursday in a deadly downtown Portland road rage shooting case.
According to court documents, a Multnomah County jury found Geoffrey Hammond guilty of second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder.
The road rage incident began October 9, 2023 , when Hammond was partially blocking traffic at an intersection outside of downtown Portland’s Moxy Hotel on Southwest Alder Street, where a man later identified as Ryan Martin pulled up behind Hammond’s car, according to court documents .
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The pair flipped each other off and Martin swerved around Hammond’s car, stopping his car on the other side of the intersection. He then got out to confront Hammond, documents said…