Crime & Safety
Portland Police Investigate Overnight Shooting
No reported injuries but police did find the people who were fired upon. Gang Enforcement leading the investigation.
Portland Police are investigating a shooting early Monday morning in Southeast Portland that they believe was gang related.
It happened around 3:00 in the area of Southeast 136th Avenue and Powell Boulevard.
No one is believed to have been injured in the incident.
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Witnesses told officers that they heard gunshots in the parking lot of the Plaid Pantry in the area, They said a group of black men ran to white sedans and fled the area.
A short time later, police were told that there was a disabled white sedan on I-84.
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Police say that the people in the sedan had been fired upon but none hit. The sedan appeared to have sustained several bullet strikes.
Detectives believe the shooting is connected to several others that have occurred in recent days.
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