Amara Marluke, a native of Poland, was found dead near the college campus after being shot, and the report has gone viral.
In the fatal shooting of Amara Marluke, Keenan Harpole, a student and former football player at the institution, was charged with second-degree murder.
According to officials, the fatal shooting of a fellow student may have been related to domestic violence.
Details On Portland Amara Marluke Shooting Update
Amara Marluke was shot early Monday morning near the college in Portland’s downtown in a domestic violence incident, according to police.
Keenan Harpole, 20, turned himself in after the shooting on Monday and is working with detectives, according to police.
According to a GoFundMe website she set up to assist pay for her schooling, Amara Marluke was a singer and songwriter studying music at Portland State.
According to Bright Alozie, an assistant professor of Black studies at Portland State, Amara was co-president of Black Student Union on campus and pushed for social and racial justice concerns.
Bradley Marluke said his daughter had a “tough start” in life and spent years in foster care. Bradley and his wife, Amy, adopted Marluke and her younger sister when they were nine years old.
Marluke is an artist, activist, and “vibrant part of our community,” according to Portland State President Stephen Percy. In a statement, Percy stated, “My heart hurts for Amara’s family and for everyone who knew her.”
Is PSU Keenan Harpole Arrested? Her Charges Explored
PSU student Keenan Harpole was arrested by Deschutes County sheriff’s officers near Bend on Monday afternoon after agreeing to turn himself in, according to Portland police.
Keenan was arrested and placed in the Multnomah County Detention Center in downtown Multnomah on charges of second-degree murder along with unlawful use of a firearm on Monday night.
Keenan has never been arrested or convicted in Oregon, according to court records. He is a freshman at Portland State University and a former running back on the football team.
According to his roster profile for Portland State’s football team, Keenan graduated from Bend’s Mountain View High School in 2020.
Amara Marluke Background Explored
According to Bradley, Amara Marluke was an activist who was always trying to help individuals who “couldn’t speak for themselves.”
Marluke posted photographs, videos, and poetry on racial justice and the Black Lives Matter movement on her Instagram account. Amara graduated from Sunset High School in Beaverton last year as vice president of the Black Student Union.
Amara urged her classmates to face life’s obstacles in a video shot during her high school graduation.
Amara’s death is the city’s 26th homicide of the year, one more than Portland had seen at the same point last year. In 2021, there were at least 92 homicides in Portland, a new high for the city.
As of early Tuesday evening, a GoFundMe account set up to assist the Marluke family had raised $1,250.