Damning Encounter: Affluent Portland Entrepreneur Opens Fire at Tourist in Crime-Plagued City, While Still Seated in His Mercedes, Moments After Fatally Assaulting Man in Road Rage Episode

This is the shocking moment a wealthy Portland businessman shot a tourist visiting the city’s downtown, moments after killing another driver in a traffic accident in broad daylight.

Samuel Gomez, 48, photographed Geoffrey E. Hammond, 46, pointing the gun at him Wednesday afternoon in Rose City, with Ryan Martin, 47, dead on the ground next to Hammond’s Mercedes.

Hammond is accused of killing 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 pair “exchanged middle fingers” and Martin got out of his car unarmed, walked up to Hammond’s car and tapped on the window, after which Hammond shot him in the chest, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

Hammond then shot Phoenix resident Gomez, who was in town for a National Organization of Minority Architects conference.

Geoffrey E. Hammond, 46, allegedly shot 47-year-old Ryan Martin (pictured right)

Initially, Gomez thought Hammond was an undercover officer taking control of the chaotic scene.

But moments later he found himself starting to walk down the barrel of a gun just ten yards away before he was shot.

“He got the gun loaded, looked right at me and then, as you can see in the photo, shot me,” Gomez said. told The Oregonian.

The bullet hit Gomez in the leg and passed through to break the femur of the other leg.

“Everything just changed,” Gomez said. “I’m just grateful to be alive because it could have been worse.”

Two passers-by and a doctor who happened to be nearby came to his aid.

Gomez was then rushed to OHSU Hospital where he is recovering.

Martin, of southwest Washington, died at the scene after pleading with Hammond who tried to shoot him again, but his gun malfunctioned.

Samuel Gomez, 48, photographed a man with a gun in his Mercedes SUV moments after he heard the man shoot another driver, who lay dying in the road

Police have charged Hammond with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and fourth-degree assault.

Martin, of southwest Washington, died at the scene after pleading with Hammond who tried to shoot him again, but his gun malfunctioned.

Hammond owns an $890,000 home in Portland’s West Hills (pictured), a 2020 Mercedes SUV and four firearms, according to court documents

The daytime shooting was the latest in a string of murders in Portland over the past two weeks

Hammond called 911 as he drove to the county courthouse and openly admitted to shooting the two men.

‘I’m sorry. I was having a bad day’ witnesses recalled the injured man speaking from the ground.

Witnesses told police that at one point Hammond flashed some sort of badge “as if he were a police officer,” and said something along the lines of, “You’re lucky I didn’t shoot you in the head.”

Hammond called 911 as he drove to the county courthouse and openly admitted to shooting the two men.

“He believed he was justified in doing so because Ryan Martin was threatening him and because Sam Gomez may have had a gun,” the statement said.

During a lengthy interview, Hammond told detectives that he shot both men, consented to a search of his car, said he could see Martin was unarmed before he shot him and that he planned to shoot Martin a second time , but the gun malfunction stopped. it.

He also told investigators that he shot the man from the hotel because he thought the man “may have planned an ambush that he recognized as a military tactic.”

Police have charged Hammond with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and fourth-degree assault.

Court records show Hammond recently changed his name from Jeffrey Edward Mandalis.

Hammond, formerly known as Jeffrey Edward Mandalis, has a criminal history including charges of assault, vandalism, trespassing and domestic violence

Records show Mandalis has a criminal history in Illinois, including charges of assault, vandalism, trespassing and domestic violence.

In May 2023, Hammond filed for bankruptcy because he owed approximately $34,000 in credit card debt and was unemployed after his finance company closed.

Hammond owns an $890,000 home in Portland’s West Hills, a 2020 Mercedes SUV and four firearms, according to court documents.

The National Organization of Minority Architects initially advised conference attendees not to walk through Portland and to take Uber or Lyft when traveling through the city.

The daytime shooting was the latest in a string of killings in Portland over the past two weeks, with much of the violence concentrated in the drug-ridden downtown area.

The city’s tourism board has also warned that open drug dealing and street drug use are endangering Portland’s visitor industry.

Most of the murders in downtown Portland are linked to the city’s fentanyl crisis, with Martin’s murder proving a shocking break from the norm.