PORTLAND, Ore. — A Multnomah County judge sentenced a man to life in prison Wednesday for the deadly shooting of a man in Portland’s Hazelwood neighborhood back in 2020.
40-year-old Colby Dian Benson was charged with second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon for the death of 29-year-old Christopher Klein.
On Sept. 11, 2020, officers responded to reports of a shooting at the intersection of East Burnside and Southeast 122nd Avenue. When they arrived, they found witnesses trying to help Klein, who had been shot several times. Despite efforts to save him, Klein died at the scene…