Crime & Safety

Portland Homicide: Police Probe Shooting Of Man Found In Apartment

A man was found shot dead in an apartment in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood early Wednesday morning.

PORTLAND, OR — A man was shot and killed early Wednesday morning, Portland police said. Detectives arrived at an apartment on the 2800 block of SE Division Street around 1:30 a.m. after callers to 911 reported having heard shots.

Police said that the inside the apartment, they found the man on the floor.

He was already dead.

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No details about the man have been released.

Whoever shot the man left the apartment before officers arrived, police said, adding at this point, they have no information to release about who might have fired the gun.

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Police ask anyone with information about the shooting to reach out to either Detective Ryan Foote at Ryan.Foote@portlandoregon.gov 503-823-0781 or Detective Calvin Goldring at Calvin.Goldring@portlandoregon.gov 503-823-0256.

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