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Portland police said they arrested a man in connection with Friday's shooting outside an alternative high school. Police say 22-year-old Lonzo Murphy has gang ties. VPC
Family members embrace their children, who were escorted out of Rosemary Anderson High School in North Portland after a shooting Dec. 12.(Photo: Kristyna Wentz-Graff)
PORTLAND, Ore. — A 22-year-old man has been arrested by Portland Police Gang Enforcement Team officers in connection with the shooting Friday of four students outside a high school for at-risk youth.
Investigators are still looking for two more men in connection with the shooting, Sgt. Pete Simpson said Saturday.
Authorities say they stopped a vehicle around 1:30 a.m. Saturday and arrested Lonzo Murphy. A handgun was found in the vehicle.
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Police said Murphy, who has gang ties, is a "person of interest" in the case. It's unclear if the gun found in the vehicle was used in the shooting.
Police were searching an apartment about half an hour later as part of the investigation. The apartment is about five blocks east of the shooting.
Murphy's charges in connection with the shooting have not been released. He was booked into the Multnomah County Jail early Saturday on a parole violation, police said.
Lonzo Murphy, 22, was arrested Dec. 13, 2014, and named a person of interest in a shooting outside an alternative high school in Portland, Ore.(Photo: Multnomah County Jail)
Police say more charges are pending.
The shooting was reported just before 12:15 p.m. Friday outside the school.
Taylor Zimmers, 16, was shot in the chest and side. She was critically injured, but police said late Saturday that Zimmers was upgraded to serious condition in a Portland hospital.
Two men, 20-year-old David Jackson-Liday and 17-year-old Labraye Franklin, were seriously injured.
A bullet also grazed the foot of 17-year-old Olyvia Batson. She was treated at the scene.
Jackson-Liday is a known gang member, Simpson said. His relationship to Murphy is unclear.
The victims were reportedly on their lunch break. They were all affiliated with the school, either as high school students or in job training, according to Portland police Sgt. Pete Simpson.
Rosemary Anderson is a small alternative high school that has around 200 students. Its students are at-risk and have either been expelled or dropped out of public school, according to the school's website. Many students are homeless. Others also attend the school for job training purposes or to get their GED.
Contributing: Sara Roth, KGW-TV; the Associated Press
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