Eliot Neighborhood Homicide Monday Night Is Portland's 3oth This Year

Portland OR

12 April, 2022

3:13 PM

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PORTLAND, OR — Around 10 p.m. on Monday, callers to 911 reported that there had been a shooting in the Eliot Neighborhood. Officers soon arrived by the intersection of North Gantenbein Avenue and North Cook Street where they found a man who had been shot. While he was rushed to a local hospital, doctors were unable to save him. The man, whose name has not been released, is Portland's 30th homicide of the year, putting the city ahead of last year's pace when a record 92 homicides were recorded. Police ask that if anyone has information about the shooting to contact Detective Mike Jones at [email protected] or Detective Jeff Sharp [email protected] , 503-823-9773 and reference case number 22-96746.