Crime & Safety

Two Women Shot in Overnight Incident

Both women suffer serious but not life-threatening injuries.

Two women were shot Wednesday night in Northeast Portland.

Portland responded arrived in the 1400 block of Northeast 118th Avenue after someone called 911 saying a woman was screaming that she had been shot.

Police found her near one of the apartments, applied a tourniquet and she was taken to a hospital.

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As the investigation was underway, a second woman showed up at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, brought by private car.

She, too, had been shot.

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Police believe the incidents are related but a motive, at this point, is unknown.

Both women had serious but not life-threatening injuries.

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