PASSENGERS. NBC'S STEVE PATTERSON HAS MORE
ON THAT STORY. >> Reporter: A HATE-FUELED
TIRADE ON A PORTLAND TRAIN ENDING WITH TWO BRUTAL DEATHS.
>> ONE WAS STABBED IN THE NECK AND THE OTHER IN THE STOMACH.
>> Reporter: PORTLAND POLICE SAY LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THREE
MEN WERE STABBED BY A MAN YELLING ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS
SLURS. >> I WAS SO SCARED.
HE WAS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT AMERICA, THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT, IDENTIFIED AS
35-YEAR-OLD JEREMY CHRISTIAN, HARASSED TWO GIRLS, ONE WEARING
A HIJAB. >> TWO YOUNGER GIRLS BELIEVED TO
BE MUSLIM. >> Reporter: TWO PEOPLE WHO CAME
TO THE GIRLS' DEFENSE WERE STABBED TO DEATH.
THEY'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 53-YEAR-OLD RICKY BEST AND
23-YEAR-OLD TALIJAN MESHY. ON FACEBOOK MESHY'S MOTHER
POSTED "HE WAS A HERO AND WILL REMAIN A HERO ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE VEIL." >> IT'S HORRIFIC.
THERE'S NO OTHER WORD TO DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: ONE WITNESS SAYS THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE SUSPECT'S
CONFRONTATION WITH POLICE BEFORE HIS ARREST.
>> SHOOT. >> Reporter: CHRISTIAN HAS AN
EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL PAST INCLUDING CONVICTIONS FOR
KIDNAPPING, ARMED ONRY, AND WEAPONS POSSESSION.
HE ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF HATE SPEECH.
ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE HE PRAISES OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBER TIMOTHY
McVEIGH, CALLING HIM A TRUE PATRIOT.
JUST LAST MONTH CHRISTIAN WAS AT A FREE SPEECH RALLY, ARMED WITH
A BASEBALL BAT AND APPARENTLY GIVING NAZI SALUTES.
>> I'M NOT HERE TO JOIN ANYONE. I'M HERE TO BE HEARD.
THIS IS A FREEDOM OF SPEECH RALLY.
>> Reporter: THE PORTLAND ATTACKS COME ON THE FIRST DAY OF
THE MUSLIM HOLY MONTH RAMADAN. >> IT WAS INCREDIBLY SHOCKING.
>> Reporter: MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADER HARRIS ZAFAR SAYS
PORTLAND IS A TOLERANT CITY OF 50,000 MUSLIMS, NOT USED TO THIS
LEVEL OF HATE. >> TWO PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES.
AND TWO FAMILIES NOW HAVE AN EMPTY SEAT AT THE DINNER TABLE.
>> Reporter: CHRISTIAN WAS BOOKED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES
INCLUDING
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