Early yesterday morning, a man was found shot and critically injured in Portland’s Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood, prompting a significant police response and an ongoing homicide investigation. According to the Portland Police Bureau, officers arrived at the 5800 block of Southeast Foster Road around 5:36 a.m. upon receiving reports of the shooting.
The police found the adult male victim in a vehicle, suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds. He was quickly transported to the hospital by ambulance. As the investigation unfolds, details remain scarce—authorities have not yet made any arrests, and the suspect or suspects had fled the scene before the arrival of the police. If anyone has information regarding this incident, they are urged to contact the Portland Police.
The severity of the incident led to the closure of Southeast Foster Road from Southeast 56th Avenue to Southeast 59th Avenue as the Portland Police Detective Division’s Homicide Unit took charge of the scene. The area was cordoned off to the public to allow investigators to collect evidence and piece together the events that led up to the shooting…