Homeless man dies two weeks after downtown Portland assault
Published 12:00 am Thursday, July 29, 2021
- Patrick Bernard Pruitt Jr.
The victim in a downtown Portland assault has died two weeks after he was found unconscious following a fight.
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Police say Patrick Bernard Pruitt Jr., 50, died Monday evening, July 26, at a hospital. Pruitt was first hospitalized after police found him knocked out and suffering “serious injures” near Southwest Broadway and Ankeny Street around 8:11 p.m. Thursday, July 15.
Police say his injuries were determined to be life-threatening at that time, and homicide detectives have been working the case ever since.
Police believe Pruitt was involved in a fight with another man who left the scene before authorities arrived.
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Pruitt had been living on the streets of Portland in recent years, records show.
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