Portland police chief slams city's violence as it sees 19 shootings in 54 hours and a double murder

Portland's police chief branded the woke-but-crime-ravaged city's 54 shootings over a 19 hour period 'stunning' and attacked calls to to defund his department. Portland saw 19 shootings over 54 hours between early last Friday morning and Sunday evening, which Police Chief Chuck Lovell called 'stunning' Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell took to Twitter Monday night to plea for an end to the city’s violence,following a double homicide that saw it break an annual murder record Chief Lovell continued: ‘I know this violence causes trauma for our whole community, and our first responders are no different. The weekend's violence ended when Michael Scott VanDomelen, 45, allegedly shot two dead, saying he heard voices inside his head telling him to shoot people while he was under the influence of methamphetamine After believing to hear shots fired on the third floor of the apartment complex, a resident of the building told local police he went into the hallway and saw a male and female who had been shot inside an open apartment, according to a probable cause affidavit filed Monday. Court documents also show that VanDomelen told police that he has been living in the Portland metro area his entire life and currently lives at the Biltmore Hotel, which is run by Central City Concern. The original Gun Violence Reduction Team was shut down after the Portland City Council voted to cut $15 million from the police budget and eliminate 84 sworn positions last June.