Portland has not recorded a homicide in a month, the second time this year, as the city recovers from years of record violence.
The last homicide that took place in the city was May 11, when Portland police officers responded to an isolated side street near the Steel Bridge and Northwest Naito Parkway and found a 49-year-old man shot dead.
But between May 12 and Thursday as well as between March 21 and April 21, Portland didn’t record a single homicide. Portland has recorded 14 homicides so far this year, compared with 34 at this point last year and 39 in 2023…