Crime & Safety
Portland Man Shot, Killed Friday Was On-Duty Security Guard: Police
Sircharles Marc Anthony Jones, an on-duty security guard, was identified Thursday as the person found shot in his car last week.
PORTLAND, OR — Portland police announced Thursday that the man found shot dead in a car by the south waterfront last week was 22-year-old Sircharles Marc Anthony Jones. Police said that he was on-duty, working as a security guard when he was killed.
Police said that he was found around 3:20 a.m. May 6. Officers had arrived on the 2100 block of South River Parkway after calls to 911 reported that shot had been fired.
Jones was found dead in his car. The state medical examiner ruled the death a homicide by gunshot wound.
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No information about possible suspects or what may have led to the shooting has been released.
Police ask that people with information about the incident to reach out to Detective Michael Schmerber at Michael.Schmerber@portlandoregon.gov 503-823-0991 or Detective Erik Kammerer at Erik.Kammerer@portlandoregon.gov 503-823-0762 .
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