Portland Shooting Kills 1 and Injures 2 in Hosford-Abernethy

Q: Why did one victim flee to a gas station before dying, and who is the phantom shooter still roaming Portland's streets?

There is no confirmed public answer yet to either part of that question. Investigators have not said why the fatally wounded man ended up at the gas station near Southeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Southeast Alder Street, and they have not identified a shooter or announced an arrest. What police have said is that the shooting began around 2:49 a.m. near Southeast Water Avenue and Southeast Caruthers Street, apparently during or after a large gathering. One victim was found injured at the original scene. A second victim, later pronounced dead, was discovered in a car at the gas station more than a half-mile away. That strongly suggests he either drove himself or was driven there after being shot, likely in an attempt to get away, seek help, or reach a safer, more visible location, but that remains inference, not a confirmed fact. As for the “phantom shooter,” police have released no suspect description and have not publicly said whether they believe one shooter or more than one person was involved. Detectives have emphasized that witnesses may have left before officers arrived and that photos or raw video from the gathering could be crucial to reconstructing what happened. All three victims were adult men. One suffered non-life-threatening injuries, another suffered serious injuries but is expected to survive, and the third died at the gas station. The case remains open under Portland police homicide case 26-237907.

3 articles · Updated · KATU · Aug 15

Portland police responding at 2:49 a.m. Saturday found three shooting victims in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood, with one person later confirmed dead and two others injured.
One injured person was taken from Southeast Water Avenue and Southeast Caruthers Street to a hospital with non-life-threatening wounds, while another victim was found in a car at a nearby gas station and pronounced dead.
A third person reached a hospital in a private vehicle, and police said that victim's condition was not yet known.
No suspect information was available Saturday morning as homicide detectives investigated, with streets closed around both scenes and police seeking tips under case number 26-237907.