Murder Charges Dropped in 2015 Killing

A man who had been charged with killing someone in a fight last year is a free man. The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office has dropped charge against Leo Lee Burns.

Burns had been charged with killing Gerardo Granados-Marin last October during a fight in a trailer park in North Portland.

Granados-Marin had been found dead on the 5500 block of North Columbia Court. The medical examiner determined he died from multiple sharp force injuries.

Burns admitted that he had argued with the man - that Granados-Marin had come into his trailer with others looking to use drugs. Burns told cops that he had asked the man to leave his trailer, then put on some headphones and turned away to work on a moped.

A witness had claimed to have seen Burns hit Granados-Marin in the head with a tool. But, the district attorney's office, apparently decided they could not make the case against Burns.

So, after almost one year, he is a free man.