PORTLAND — A man was indicted Monday in the July 17 shooting deaths of three people in Portland.
Brett Edward Pruett, 58, faces murder charges in the deaths of Tashia Cobb, Elmer Hughes III, and Lawrence Murphy, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
Prosecutors said Pruett is accused of breaking into a house in Northeast Portland, where he used a gun to kill Murphy, 77. Pruett allegedly killed Cobb and Hughes during the same “criminal episode,” court documents said.
Pruett allegedly also used a gun to seriously injure a family or household member the day before the triple homicide, the district attorney’s office said.
