Tristan Thomas was stabbed during an altercation outside his apartment on Sept. 21, ending in his death almost 2 weeks later.
Just after 5 p.m., Thomas called 911 after he said he was assaulted by his neighbor. Clackamas County deputies responded to find a bloodied and scraped-up Thomas at the Twin Creeks Apartment homes on Sunnyside Road in Clackamas. Thomas told deputies he had got into an argument with his neighbor over how he had parked his motorcycle in a parking spot. Thomas said he sprayed mace at the neighbor with no effect.
The court filings said that the neighbor then tripped and shoved him to the ground, adding that Thomas said the neighbor sat on his chest and punched him in the face 30 times with both fists.
Thomas was taken to the hospital but was never admitted and returned home a short time later.
“How ridiculous. A parking spot essentially. How it escalated from there, I have no idea,” Brandon said.
The neighbor was never arrested because, according to court documents, deputies didn’t believe they had enough probable cause at the time for assault.
