Gresham Boy Shot While Sleeping as Police Arrest One Suspect and Hunt Two More
GRESHAM, Ore. — A 21-year-old has been arrested and rewards of $5,000 each offered for information leading to the arrest of two other suspects in a shooting incident that killed a young teenage boy, Liam Spahnie-Bailey, as he lay sleeping in his parents’ Gresham apartment.
Anthony Hunter Jr. (21) is in custody on charges of second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and the unlawful use of a weapon.
The two other suspects are Xavier Hirsch (20) and a teenager, Terrell Coy (17). The $5,000 reward is being offered by the U.S. Marshals Service. They have been indicted on charges of second-degree murder.
Thirteen-year-old Liam Spahnie-Bailey died on April 27 when multiple rounds of gunfire smashed into the walls of his parents’ apartment at the Eleven Pines complex on Southwest 11th Street. A bullet pierced the boy, who lay sleeping on an air mattress.
His father found him in a critical condition when he ran into the room to check on his son after the gunshots penetrated the walls of the apartment. Liam was critically injured and died hours later.
The police have issued an appeal to anyone with more information about this case to contact Detective Lindsay Friderich at [email protected] or Detective Martin Daly at [email protected].