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PORTLAND MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS PRISON FOR KILLING ONE PERSON AND TRYING TO KILL TWO OTHERS -07/10/25
PORTLAND MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS PRISON FOR KILLING ONE PERSON AND TRYING TO KILL TWO OTHERS
Case # 23CR11504
Portland, OR- Multnomah County District Circuit Court Judge Andrew Lavin sentenced Brandon Nicholas Gilpin to 25 years in prison on Jul 9, 2025.
Gilpin pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in the First Degree with a Firearm and two counts of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree with a Firearm.
The Multnomah County District Attorneys Office would like to thank Portland Police Bureau, especially Detective Billy Winters, for their work investigating this case.
The DA’s Office would also like to thank Nang Dunn for her caring and compassionate work to help the victims through this case.
Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney Devin Franklin prosecuted the case for the state.
After the sentencing she said, “This case involved shocking amounts of violence and criminal behavior over a short time. The defendant caused a tidal wave of fear and grief that I am certain is still being felt to this day. He killed one person and tried to kill two more. I hope this sentence allows the people affected by these crimes to continue to try and heal.”
THE FACTS:
Around 1pm on February 11, 2023 offices were dispatched to the intersection of NE First Avenue and NE Hancock Street in Portland on reports of a shooting. When they arrived they found Torn Saephan dead in the roadway. Investigators learned that Mr. Saephan was houseless. He had been hanging around the area earlier that day and at one point, he interacted with two women who lived in a tent nearby. The women did not know Mr. Saephan so they asked him to leave. Mr. Saephan then went and sat on a retaining wall across the street. A male and a female soon arrived in a Cadillac with no plates and, shortly thereafter, the male brandished a firearm, confronted Mr. Saephan, and threatened to shoot him if he didn't leave the area entirely. Mr. Saephan stood up when the male came within a few feet of him. The male then fired a single shot, hitting Mr. Saephan. The two women who had interacted with Mr. Saephan witnessed the shooting. The male immediately left the scene with the female he had arrived with. Investigators later identified the male as Brandon Gilpin. Two nights later, Mr. Gilpin returned to the scene of the shooting where the two witnesses were still living. He pointed a firearm at them and demanded to know what they had told police about the incident. He was also holding an airhorn and, based on his statements to the witnesses, Mr. Gilpin was preparing to shoot them while simultaneously activating the airhorn to drown out the sound of the shots. Miraculously, the airhorn broke when Mr. Gilpin attempted to activate it. The pause allowed witnesses time to flee the area unharmed.
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