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Life Sentence for TriMet Bus Shooting | Portland News
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Fifty-one-year-old Wayne Conrad Thompson just received a life sentence for shooting and killing Adrian Anastacio Richardson on a Portland TriMet bus in August 2021 — a crime that sparked national attention. The victim, 44, was verbally harassing another passenger when Thompson intervened, pulled out a gun, and fired after Richardson refused to stop. Thompson fled but was caught; prosecutors said his use of deadly force was unjustified despite Richardson’s behavior. A grand jury convicted him of second-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He’ll be eligible for parole after 25 years — a verdict aimed at bringing closure to Richardson’s family and reinforcing TriMet’s zero-tolerance stance on violence.
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