NATIONAL BRIEFING / OREGON
A gunman opened fire outside an under-21 nightclub in Portland, killing two teenagers and wounding several people in an apparently random act, police said.
Five victims were students from other countries and another was a Portland resident planning a trip as an exchange student. They were going to the Zone club to celebrate a birthday.
The man did not have any known relationship to the victims, and he didn’t appear to have been in the club or a nearby bar before the shooting Saturday night, police Det. Mary Wheat said.
Police identified the alleged gunman as Erik Salvadore Ayala, 24, who was in critical condition after shooting himself in the head.
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