What is the city of Portland doing to honor the death of one of its student residents?
Portland city flags lowered to honor student who died by Jake Cohen, The Oregonian Wednesday July 01, 2009, 12:30 PM Fernando Chavez City of Portland flags were lowered to half-staff today to honor the recent death of a high school student. Fernando Chavez was shot dead June 6 after chasing a late-night intruder out of his foster family’s home in Southeast Portland. The 17-year-old was a junior at Cleveland High School and played football. Police arrested Thomas Konschuh, the man accused of killing Chavez, later that night. “Our community has lost a bright young man who had a promising future,” Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman said of Chavez in a statement released today. In April, the City Council approved a resolution to lower city flags whenever someone 18 or younger dies as a result of abuse, neglect, or homicidal violence. This occasion marks the second time the flag has been lowered for such a memorial. The first flag lowering in June honored 4-year-old Eldon Jay Rebhan Smith. El
