Gunfire broke the quiet of a Northeast Portland block Friday afternoon, leaving one person injured and police searching for whoever pulled the trigger, authorities said.
The shooting happened near Northeast 140th Avenue and Eugene Court, where officers converged on the area and focused their attention on a house tied to the initial 911 call. Investigators said the people involved may know each other, but they were still sorting out exactly what led up to the violence.
According to KATU, Portland police were working at the scene and trying to determine whether anyone else was still inside the residence linked to the shooting. The outlet also published a photo from the scene credited to Jennifer Singh.
How to Help Investigators
The Portland Police Bureau is asking anyone with information or video related to the incident to contact detectives. Tips can be emailed to [email protected] or submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers of Oregon using the P3 Tips app.
For more details on how to report shootings or share digital evidence, residents can review the Portland Police Bureau's public guidance on shooting incidents and data at the bureau's open data portal.
What We Know So Far
Officers were still searching the surrounding area after the shooting and had not yet released a suspect description or an update on the victim's condition at the time of the initial report, according to KATU. Local news outlets indicated this is a developing story and said they plan to update coverage as police release more information.
