Video at link. The man is a senior - should have been safe walking at 8am with a German Shepherd, but was not.
Southeast Portland man held at gunpoint, hit by car while walking his dog
Realizing he didn’t have his phone or wallet, he decided he and his dog Greta should make a run for it.
But as they tried to get away, the car hit him.
"That’s when I thought, 'I’m dead, they’re gonna shoot me and they’re gonna go,'" Wenberg said. "When I was laying on the ground the only thing going through my mind was my wife is gonna be alone, she’s gonna lose me."
He said there must have been three or four young teenagers in the car. They drove off, Greta was unharmed, and with his broken leg, Wenberg crawled to neighbors houses to call 911. A homeless man helped him get someone to find his wife.
"I can’t believe we’ve gotten to this point," he said.
He said what scares him is people could be so brazen to do something like this in the middle of a neighborhood during the day.
He fears criminals are emboldened amid rising gun violence and a police force stretched too thin.
"Our city is supposed to take care of the citizens," Wenberg said...
Southeast Portland man held at gunpoint, hit by car while walking his dog
- Audrey Weil
- Updated Oct 22, 2021 | Posted on Oct 22, 2021
Realizing he didn’t have his phone or wallet, he decided he and his dog Greta should make a run for it.
But as they tried to get away, the car hit him.
"That’s when I thought, 'I’m dead, they’re gonna shoot me and they’re gonna go,'" Wenberg said. "When I was laying on the ground the only thing going through my mind was my wife is gonna be alone, she’s gonna lose me."
He said there must have been three or four young teenagers in the car. They drove off, Greta was unharmed, and with his broken leg, Wenberg crawled to neighbors houses to call 911. A homeless man helped him get someone to find his wife.
"I can’t believe we’ve gotten to this point," he said.
He said what scares him is people could be so brazen to do something like this in the middle of a neighborhood during the day.
He fears criminals are emboldened amid rising gun violence and a police force stretched too thin.
"Our city is supposed to take care of the citizens," Wenberg said...
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