College speaker unexepectedly murders wife, friends, self

More misfortune has hit close to campus this winter. Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Jeffrey Grahn gunned down his wife and her two friends while off duty in Gresham last month. He was on campus as a trauma intervention guest speaker during winter term.

Grahn was involved with the non­profit Trauma Intervention Program for the past seven years. T.I.P. consists of volunteers focused on assisting trauma victims. Grahn spoke about how to handle law enforcement dur­ing emergency response.

T.I.P. held its most recent National Academy at Clackamas Grahn spoke on campus in January.

Jeffrey Grahn shot himself after targeting his wife Charlotte Grahn and her two friends, Kathleen Hoffmeister and Victoria Schulmerich, at M & M Restaurant and Lounge in Gresham on Friday, Feb. 12.

Schulmerich was the last shooting victim to pass away. After fighting for her life for nearly two weeks, she died at OHSU on Feb. 25.

Some volunteers who attended the T.I.P. National Academy on campus in January were scheduled for ride-alongs with Jeffrey Grahn. A lot of them had his personal contact infor­mation, according to June Vining, who has been the executive director of T.I.P. for the past 18 years.

“He was a great man,” Vining said. “Very passionate about this vol­unteer organization, very educated about working with volunteers and getting them information on how to respond to law enforcement.”