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Jason E. Huston, a 45-year-old White/Caucasian man, died on August 18, 2016, in Hermiston, Oregon. That morning, he picked up 14-year-old James “JJ” Hurtado from the boy’s grandparents’ home in Umatilla and drove to a spot near the Umatilla River where he had previously gone to shoot. According to police, Huston shot and killed JJ there with a handgun, then later went to the Hermiston home of his longtime friend, 45-year-old Kenneth E. Valdez, at 130 NW 11th Street. Inside the house, Hus ...Read More
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Jason E. Huston
Male
White / Caucasian
Hermiston
OR
2016-08-18
45
Jason
E. Huston
11/23/2025
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I've been following the Hermiston shooting case from 2016, and recently I've been thinking about the... ...Read More
04/30/2024
04/30/2024
I can't stop thinking about the neighbors and how this must have affected them too. Living in a smal... ...Read More
09/21/2023
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