By ALICE WRIGHT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 21:27 EDT, 14 October 2023
UPDATED: 08:56 EDT, 15 October 2023
• Samuel Gomez, 48, photographed a man holding a gun inside his Mercedes SUV just moments after he heard the man shoot another driver, who lay dying on the road
• Geoffrey E. Hammond, 46, reportedly shot and killed 47-year-old Ryan Martin during a road rage incident
• Martin died at the scene and Gomez is recovering in a Portland hospital
• Hammond has been charged with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder and other crimes
This is the shocking moment a wealthy Portland businessman shot a tourist visiting the city's downtown, just moments after killing another driver in a road rage incident in broad daylight.
Samuel Gomez, 48, photographed Geoffrey E. Hammond, 46, pointing the pistol at him in Rose City Wednesday afternoon, with Ryan Martin, 47, dead on the ground beside Hammond's Mercedes.
Hammond is accused of murdering Martin moments earlier following a road-rage incident in the crime-ridden city after Martin got out of his Toyota Tundra to confront him, The Oregonian reported.
The pair 'exchanged middle fingers' and Martin got out of his car unarmed and walked towards Hammond's vehicle, and tapped on the window, at which point Hammond shot him in the chest, according to a a probable cause affidavit.
Hammond then shot Phoenix resident Gomez, who was in town for a National Organization of Minority Architects conference. The Oregon city is notorious for its murders, recording an all-time high of 101 homicides in 2022.
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