Portland Activist Killed Over The Weekend

(AP) A Portland activist is dead after a vehicle hit him as he was leaving a left-wing hangout.
Police say Sean Kealiher’s friends took him to a hospital after the early Saturday crash in the Kerns neighborhood. Police say a SUV crashed into a commercial building and then gunshots were fired at the vehicle.
Police are investigation the events that led to the 23-year-old’s death.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Kealiher was hit after leaving Cider Riot, a gathering place for antifascists, anarchists and other leftists.
KOIN-TV reports witnesses saw the SUV had hit a tree outside of the offices of the Democratic Party of Oregon. The offices were closed at the time.
Police say a medical examiner conducted an autopsy and determined Kealiher’s death was a homicide from blunt-force trauma.