PORTLAND — Three people were killed in Portland on Friday and a man has been arrested on murder charges, police said Monday.
Brett Pruett, 58, faces murder charges in the deaths of 40-year-old Tashia Cobb, 77-year-old Lawrence Murphy and 45-year-old Elmer Hughes, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday.
Portland police didn’t notify the public of the incident until Monday, three days after the killings happened and after officers arrested Pruett. Police have not explained the delay.
Police on Monday released few details. Officers said they found the three people dead at 10 p.m. when they arrived at a home in the northeast part of the city. Court records from 2019 list Pruett’s address on the same block, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.