PORTLAND, Ore. — The family of the man killed in a 2023 road rage shooting in downtown Portland has filed a $40 million lawsuit against Multnomah County and Uber, claiming that Ryan Martin's death was preventable because the man who shot him, Geoffrey Hammond, should not have been able to obtain a concealed handgun license or work as an Uber driver.

The road rage incident was captured by multiple surveillance cameras . It began when Hammond was waiting for a fare and Martin approached on foot to complain that Hammond's car was partially blocking traffic. Hammond shot Martin after a brief confrontation, then shot at another man nearby who had raised his phone to start taking pictures, hitting him in the leg. Martin died at the scene.

After an initial mistrial last year, Hammond was

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