Week #160 Shooting Report | And, ten miles west, another man is shot to death less than two hours later …
Portland Police Bureau officers and detectives are again called to investigate another outer East Portland shooting.
By David F. Ashton
Mayhem and slaughter by vicious people using guns continues across our city. And, once again, another person dies in outer East Portland of gunfire – keeping Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers, Homicide Division detectives, and investigators, busy.
July 5 ~ 12:48 a.m.
Shooting in Argay Terrace kills man
Investigators return to this location in Argay Terrace where many shootings – some of them deadly – have taken place over the years.
PPB officials have yet to reveal any substantial details about this shooting near NE 131st Place and Prescott Drive in the Argay Terrace neighborhood; other than confirming that North Precinct officers were dispatched there at 12:48 a.m. on Wednesday, July 5, for a “Shooting-with Weapon” call.
“When officers arrived, they found a man dead,” was the terse report of a PPB official who added, “No one has been detained, and no arrests have been made”
The PPB Homicide Division detectives responded to the scene to investigate.
Officials say that this man, 28-year-old Ace L. Lewis, died in the shooting. Family-provided photo
The next day, the victim of the Argay Terrace Neighborhood shooting was identified as 28-year-old Ace L. Lewis of Portland. The Medical Examiner determined that he died of “homicide by gunshot”.
This remains an open and active homicide investigation. If you have information about this murder, contact Detective Jeff Sharp at Jeff.Sharp@police.portlandoregon.gov | 503-823-9773; or, Detective JD McGuire at Jeff.McGuire@police.portlandoregon.gov and reference Case No. 23-176187.
We will update this story as more information becomes available.
July 5 ~ 2:38 a.m.
North Portland man dead after shooting
Near the St. Johns district, another person dies from a shooting – bringing police to investigate.
About two hours later that same morning, at 2:38 a.m., PPB North Precinct officers were dispatched to another “Shooting-with Weapon” – this one, 10.6 miles west of Argay Terrace, and within the Portsmouth neighborhood.
The crime scene was a block northeast of North Lombard Street, in the 8400 block of North Exeter Avenue.
Again, arriving officers found a man who had been shot and was dead. Again, no suspects have been fingered; nor have arrests have been made.
This is Case No. 23-176254. If you have information about this murder, contact Detective Tony Harris at Tony.Harris@police.portlandoregon.gov or Detective Shaye Samora at Shaye.Samora@police.portlandoregon.gov.
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That’s it for the 160th edition of the East Portland News “Weekly Shooting Report”.
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