A 30-year-old man remains hospitalized with life-threatening injuries more than a week after he was stabbed following a confrontation in Beaverton, and police still haven't identified who did it. Officers responded around 5:15 a.m. on August 4 to the intersection of SW 107th Avenue and SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, where they found the victim critically injured.
Beaverton Police say the attack happened after some kind of confrontation between the victim and an unknown suspect, according to KGW. As of August 12, the man remains hospitalized, and detectives are still working to identify the person responsible. Investigators believe the suspect is connected to a van, and they've released a low-resolution photo showing what they describe as an early-2000s silver Honda Odyssey.
A Van That Could Be Anywhere in the Metro
That description points to a fairly specific vehicle: the second-generation Odyssey, built from the 1999 through 2004 model years, according to iFixit. It's the kind of minivan that's been common on Portland-area roads for two decades, which is part of why police need the public's help narrowing things down. Detective Brian Loose is leading the investigation and is asking anyone with information about the stabbing or the vehicle to call 503-526-2280 or email [email protected].
The location itself is no quiet side street. The intersection sits along a major commercial corridor near the roughly 115,000-square-foot, Target-anchored Fashion Square shopping center, where daily traffic volume averages approximately 34,300 vehicles, per Commercial Realty Advisors NW. That volume of daily commuter and shopper traffic means business surveillance systems or dashcam footage from passing drivers could end up being critical to identifying the van and its driver.
What Charges Could Look Like If a Suspect Is Found
If police do track down a suspect, the legal exposure would be severe. Intentionally causing serious physical injury with a deadly or dangerous weapon meets the threshold for Assault in the First Degree under Oregon law, a Class A felony that can carry up to 20 years in prison, according to the Oliveros Law Group PC. Under Oregon's Ballot Measure 11, a first-degree assault conviction also triggers a mandatory minimum sentence of 90 months, or 7.5 years, served in full without eligibility for early release or good-time credit, per the Romano Law P.C. explanation of the statute.
Part of a String of Recent Knife Incidents
This stabbing follows a stretch of knife-related violence that's put Beaverton police on edge in recent months. On July 10, officers arrested a suspect after a fight aboard a westbound TriMet MAX train near the Sunset Transit Center left one passenger stabbed and another pepper-sprayed, a case Hoodline covered in detail. A week earlier, on July 3, a Beaverton Police sergeant suffered a knife wound to his hand while struggling to arrest a theft suspect near a local WinCo store.
Despite that recent run of incidents, Beaverton's overall violent crime rate remains well below Portland's. The city's rate was estimated at roughly 3.4 per 1,000 residents in 2024, less than half of Portland's estimated 7.5 per 1,000, according to SafeWise. The department polices a city of nearly 98,000 residents with approximately 130 sworn officers, and for complex violent cases it can also draw on the Washington County Major Crimes Team, an interagency unit that pools detectives from across local law enforcement agencies, according to Washington County.
For now, the case hinges on the public. Anyone who spotted a silver early-2000s Honda Odyssey near SW 107th Avenue and SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway around 5:15 a.m. on August 4, or who has any other information about the stabbing, is asked to reach out to Detective Loose. The victim's condition and the suspect's identity both remain unresolved more than a week after the attack.
