White supremacist ‘brutally murdered black lad by running him down in his Jeep while his girlfriend egged him on’
The couple have been charged with murder and are being held without bail
A white supremacist ran over a black teenager in his Jeep while his girlfriend encouraged him saying: "Get him baby, get him".
Police said the teen was running home after an altercation outside a 7-Eleven convenience store at the time of the collision.
The teenager had only moved to Gresham to live with his mother and younger brother six months before his death.
Larnell Malik Bruce was charging his phone outside the 7-Eleven on August 10 in Gresham, Oregon when Russell Courtier, 38, and his girlfriend Colleen Hunt, 35 pulled up shortly before midnight.
Within moments a fistfight had broken out between the two men, with Hunt encouraging her boyfriend saying '"Get him baby, get him", reports.
Courtier has a long list of convictions and prison time
Courtier, a long-time member of white supremacist prison gang European Kindred, then smashed Bruce's head into the shop's front window.
Bruce tried to defend himself with a knife leading the couple to get back into their 1991 Jeep Wrangler.
The teen then tried to run home to safety but the couple chased him in their vehicle.
After he initially lost them by changing direction prosecutors then heard that Courtier turn and chased the boy across lanes of oncoming traffic before intentionally hitting him head on in their 4x4.
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Police, who had been called after the 7-Eleven altercation, found Bruce in the middle of the street with critical brain injuries.
He was rushed to hospital but died of his injuries four days later.
Courtier and Hunt have been charged with murder and are being held without bail in Multnomah County jail.
The couple also face an additional charge of failing to perform the duties of a driver.
It’s not yet known exactly what started the fight or why Courtier allegedly chose to mow Bruce down and police are yet to comment on a motive.
The pair have not been charged with any hate crimes.
Courtier is a notorious white supremacist, sporting an EK tattoo on his thigh. He has spent a significant chunk of his adult life in Oregon prisons for weapons and violent crimes. In fact he was on parole on the night on the murder following serving jail time for knifing a woman in 2013.
He has a lengthy criminal record, including 40 'major' prison violations during his stint in jail between 2002 and 2013.
After news broke of his arrest, EK members posted messages of SUPPORT for the gang member on his Facebook page, the Mercury reports.
Bruce's family have set up a to cover costs of his medical bills and his funeral last month.
On the page they wrote: "He was just 19 years old and still had a full life to live.
"Though this tragedy has devastated our family, Larnell has the opportunity to save many lives through the Organ Donor program.
"We are asking for help to cover the funeral and medical expenses."
So far the family has raised $9,000 of their $50,000 target.
They held a celebration of his life on September 1, what would have been his 20th birthday.