Mr. Danielson, a burly, bearded man, helped run a company in Portland called North West Specialty Moving that focused on transporting heavy items such as marble statues, hot tubs, and gun safes. The company’s address, which is the same address listed for Mr. Danielson for two parking violations in 2019, is a modest blue bungalow in a residential neighborhood in southwest Portland.
Luke Carrillo, Mr. Danielson’s long-time business partner, said they’d been friends for 20 years.
“We have lived and worked together day in and day out,” he told reporters. “We are like brothers, brothers that chose one another.”
Mr. Danielson is associated with another company, Oregon Pro Arms LLC, which according to state records is focused primarily on moving gun safes.