Oregon swastika attack planned, police say

PORTLAND – Authorities say four Oregon teenagers accused of shooting a fellow high school student with a BB gun and carving a swastika into his forehead had spent an evening sketching out ideas for torturing him.

According to an affidavit filed Tuesday, the Feb. 10 attack went as planned until they released the 16-year-old boy to pull cash from an ATM. He fled to a nearby store instead and called police.

The teen told investigators he was lured to the shed by 15-year-old Jenna Montgomery. There, he said 15-year-old Blue Kalmbach shot him with a BB gun and used a box cutter to cut the swastika on his forehead.

The five teens attend a southeast Portland high school. On the morning of the assault, Montgomery spoke with the victim there and asked to hang out after school. They walked behind a house nearby, according to the affidavit, and Montgomery led him to a shed in the backyard.

Waiting inside were Kalmbach, 17-year-old Jess Taylor and a 14-year-old boy.

“Mr. Taylor stated that he helped formulate the plan to torture (the victim),” Multnomah County Assistant District Attorney Chris Ramras wrote in the affidavit.

The three who are 15 and older have been charged as adults.