Dante Emanuel Hall, one of the men who Patrick Kimmons wounded in a downtown parking lot on Sept. 30 before Kimmons was fatally shot by police, has been charged as a felon in possession of a firearm.

Hall, also known as “Manny,’’ had placed a Walther 9mm handgun on the wheel of a car's tire in the downtown parking lot before he was shot, according to investigators.

Hall, who suffered a wound to the left leg that fractured his femur, was arraigned in federal court after his release from the hospital.

He entered a not guilty plea to the one-count federal indictment on Nov. 8 in U.S. District Court in Portland. It’s the third time he’s been charged with being a felon with a gun.

Hall has prior felony convictions for unlawful use of a weapon in 2013, for felon in possession of a firearm in 2013, for riot in 2008 and felon in possession of a firearm in 2007, according to court records.

A federal magistrate judge ordered him to remain in custody, finding there’s a risk he would flee if released and that he’s a danger to the community.

A two-day trial has been tentatively set for Jan. 8. Hall, 31, is being held at Multnomah County’s Inverness Jail.

Hall was a friend of Kimmons. According to a police investigation, a sergeant and an officer were in the parking lot at Southwest Fourth Avenue and Harvey Milk Street around 3 a.m. on Sept. 30 and heard a fight occurring at the Third Avenue end of the lot.

When they walked closer to find out what was going on, they saw a group of men fighting in a big scrum. They saw one man suddenly step away from the group, his right arm extended toward the others and they heard gunshots, according to grand jury transcripts and police reports. The gunmen, later identified as Kimmons, had fired five shots from a .38-caliber Taurus revolver, striking Hall and another man, Marcell Branch, police said.

Moments earlier, Branch had punched Kimmons in the face for no apparent reason, according to police interviews and video surveillance images. It’s not clear why Kimmons fired at both men.

Kimmons then ran toward the officers holding a gun and was shot and killed, according to police and video surveillance. A Multnomah County grand jury found no criminal wrongdoing by Sgt. Gary Britt and Officer Jeffery Livingston.

Hall was dropped off in a black Camaro at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, and refused to cooperate with the police investigation, according to grand jury transcripts and police reports.

-- Maxine Bernstein

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