Portland finance fund owner charged in deadly downtown shooting [Video]

PORTLAND, Ore. — New details are emerging surrounding Wednesday’s deadly shooting in downtown Portland. Police say Geoffrey E. Hammond, 46, a Portland business owner, killed one man and wounded another in a road rage incident.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed Thursday afternoon, the incident started as Hammond was driving downtown in his black Mercedes Benz SUV. He stopped in front of the Moxy Hotel on Southwest Alder, partially blocking traffic, and let his engine idle.

The first victim, identified as 47-year-old Ryan Martin, drove up behind Hammond in a gray Toyota Tundra. The affidavit says that the two “exchanged middle fingers” as Martin drove around Hammond to head eastbound on Alder through the intersection with Southwest 10th. Martin stopped on the other side of the intersection, got out of his vehicle without closing the door, then …