Current Events > WTF. I just found out my childhood best friend was murdered.

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4 months ago. I can't believe it, I'm in shock. We were best friends for 5 years. We went to school together, hung out everyday and were at each other's houses all the time.We also knew each other's families very well. He ended up moving away sometime in middle school and we eventually lost touch, but we were FB friends, and it seemed like he was definitely going places. College grad and all that.

Even crazier, it was in Portland -- I was living there just over a year ago. Apparently, he was at a friend's house 'playing' with a shotgun, and his friend deliberately shot him in the head and killed him -- and LIVE STREAMED it. He died at the hospital. Of all the articles I've found, I can't find why the guy did it, but apparently he first told investigators it was self-inflicted.

...But. There's a twist to this. Three years ago my friend and I randomly reconnected after nearly a decade of no contact. I invited him over and he kept coercing me to drink, which I naively did, thinking nothing of it at the time. At first it was super chill and fun, talking, drinking, and reminiscing. We decided to watch a movie. And then out of nowhere, he comes on to me. Had no idea he was gay. He kept grabbing my dick and forced my hand on his. I was pretty drunk by this time too and really struggled resisting. He kept telling me I wanted it and kept trying to kiss me, and I kept saying no and tried to fight back. I was getting real scared too since it was late and my roommate wasn't home, and my friend wasn't stopping. I never felt so powerless. I eventually was able to get away from him and started screaming at him to leave. He gave up and finally left, and we hadn't spoken or seen each other since. I blocked him on all social media. It was the first and only time I've ever been sexually assaulted.

So fucking crazy; I feel terrible that this happened. I have very mixed feelings right now. Despite what he did to me, he didn't deserve this. But it took me a long time to get over how horrible I felt in that situation, and made me wonder if he had done this to other people, too. Still can't believe it.

tl;dr: My childhood best friend was shot and killed and also sexually assaulted me one time.
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I guess I will watch one more episode of Gravity Falls, also in Oregon, to cheer me up

That's rough, buddy
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Yeah there's a bunch of support groups online calling for justice.
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