Killing of Portland State University star Deante Strickland results in ‘split sentence’ for accused sister

A shooting that shattered a family and cut short the life of a promising Portland State University athlete ended Wednesday with an unusual sentence.

Six years after the Aug. 2, 2019 killing of Deante Strickland, 22, both state and defense said there was no understandable motive for the actions of the killer, his sister Tamena Strickland.

Multnomah County Circuit Judge Nan Waller sentenced the woman, now 37, to a lifetime of supervision by the Psychiatric Security Review Board after finding her guilty but insane of a murder charge.

In what’s known as a “split sentence,” Tamena Strickland also faces a 22-year prison term that will run concurrently with her hospitalization. If the review board finds that she no longer needs institutional-level care, she must serve the remainder of th