PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury on Friday convicted a Portland, Oregon, man of murder in the shooting deaths of three of his neighbors. Brett Pruett, 61, was found guilty of first-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, burglary and assault, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. Police found three people dead at a residence in northeast Portland on July 17, 2020. Pruett lived in a house next to the home where Cobb, Hughes and Murphy lived, Senior Deputy District Attorney Nathan Vasquez told the Multnomah County jury. He shot Hughes, Cobb and Murphy after days without sleep during a methamphetamine binge, Vasquez told the jury.

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Persons: —, Brett Pruett, Pruett, Tashia Cobb, Elmer Hughes, Lawrence Murphy, Cobb, Hughes, Murphy, Nathan Vasquez, Betty Boyles, Boyles, Vasquez Organizations: Attorney’s, Police, Oregonian, Senior, Pruett Locations: PORTLAND, Portland , Oregon, Multnomah County, Portland