Updated Oct. 28

Surveillance footage from a North Portland home appears to show three young teenagers charged with murder strolling the St. Johns neighborhood with a shotgun, less than an hour before they killed a 65-year-old can collector nearby, police say.

The video, obtained Sunday by The Oregonian/OregonLive, was taken about 15 minutes before a reported Oct. 14 home invasion a block away on North Midway Avenue.

Police have tied the suspected break-in to the death of Ricky Malone Sr., who was found dead from a single shotgun blast to the chest later that morning on North Mohawk Avenue, a half-mile from where the video was captured.

Three teenagers — Eugene Woodruff, 14, Aaron Lewis Criswell and Richard Jerome Rand, both 15 — are accused of fatally shooting Malone in St. Johns and taking his car on a joyride that included a stop at Taco Bell. They’re also accused in the alleged burglary.

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The video shows the three suspects walking north on the street at 3:18 a.m, said Sgt. Brad Yakots, a Portland Police Bureau spokesman. The teens exchange words as they pass the house, but what they say is unclear. One of them appears to be carrying a shotgun at his side, gripped in one hand. Another is wearing a backpack.

About 10 minutes later, two of the teens pass the house heading the other direction, one still carrying what appears to be a shotgun. This time, the third person is across the street and can be seen opening a porch door or screen door of a house. The person turns away from the door and walks back across the street to where the others are standing, and all three disappear from view.

Fifteen minutes later, residents of the same street called 911 and reported that three teenagers wearing Halloween masks broke into their home with a shotgun.

Police say Woodruff, Criswell and Rand fled the botched burglary and encountered Malone just before 4 a.m. Malone, a lifelong resident of St. Johns, was out collecting bottles and cans, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Malone’s car had been idling nearby when the teenagers confronted him, according to the affidavit. Criswell, who knew Malone as the father of his brother’s girlfriend, pointed the shotgun at Malone and demanded his car. When Malone refused, Criswell shot him at close range, according to the affidavit.

Criswell and Woodruff ran away on foot, and Rand jumped into Malone’s car and drove it away. Criswell left the shotgun in some bushes on North Allegheny Avenue, where it was discovered by a resident, according to the affidavit.

Just after 6 a.m., a St. Johns resident and his son found Malone dying in the street. He was dead by the time police arrived, according to the affidavit.

At 7:30 a.m., according to the affidavit, the three teens in Malone’s car, a blue Toyota Avalon driven by Woodruff, pulled into a Taco Bell drive-through and were captured on video.

Woodruff, Criswell and Rand appeared in court on Friday. The 14-year-old Woodruff faces a murder charge and is too young to be tried in adult court. He is being held in the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Center.

Prosecutors charged Criswell and Rand with first-degree murder with a firearm and multiple other charges under Oregon’s Measure 11 mandatory sentencing law. They will be tried in adult court.

St. Johns neighborhood residents have reported a recent rash of assaults and property crimes by a group of teens, according to KOIN News.

-- Emily Goodykoontz; 503-221-6652; egoodykoontz@oregonian.com;

-- Shane Dixon Kavanaugh; 503-294-763; skavanaugh@oregonian.com

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