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Ricky Pineda McKowen

Case from Portland, OR dated Aug 07, 2016

Victim Details

Ricky Pineda McKowen

Male

Portland

OR

2016-08-07

53

Ricky

Pineda McKowen

06/24/2026

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In the late hours of a summer evening in 2016, a dispute between a landlord and his tenant in Milwaukie, a suburb of Portland, Oregon, ended in the death of 53-year-old Ricky Pineda McKowen. On August 7, 2016, McKowen, a male ex-military member, was shot and killed by his landlord.

The landlord, who was arrested at the scene, claimed that the shooting was in self-defense. He told authorities that his tenant, McKowen, had threatened to kill him. Following an investigation into the fatal in ...
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  • KOIN 6: Milwaukie landlord cleared in shooting death of tenant
  • KOIN 6: Landlord accused of murder: Tenant threatened to kill me
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