Man shot, seriously wounded, outside East Portland bar

Officials had little to say about this outer East Portland shooting – but the victim told about the experience that put him in the hospital, with serious injuries …

Police – and an ambulance – are called to this Foster-Powell neighborhood establishment, after a shooting in the parking lot seriously wounds a man. Courtesy KPTV Fox News 12 Oregon

By David F. Ashton

A man and his fiancée were looking forward to gaming late on Saturday night, March 1, at the Shamrock Bar and Grill, at 4919 SE 82nd Avenue. Before they could enter through the rear door, gunshots rang out, and the man – later identified as 36-year-old Fidel Meraz – fell to the parking lot pavement.

Portland Police Bureau (PPB) East Precinct officers were dispatched to the scene at 11:34 p.m., as well as was an ambulance.

An ambulance prepares to rush the wounded shooting victim to OHSU for emergency treatment. Courtesy KGW-TV News 8

“Officers who responded to reports of a shooting at that location determined there was a confrontation at the establishment, an adult male was shot outside a back entrance,” PPB Public Information Manager Mike Benner told East Portland News.

The wounded man medically stabilized and taken by ambulance to OHSU.

“The suspect or suspects fled before officers arrived and no arrests have been made at this time,” Benner said.

From the street, one of the evidence markers is visible, showing the location of a spent bullet shell casing. Courtesy KGW-TV News 8

From his hospital bed, while recovering from his surgeries, Meraz told reporters that as he and his companion walked through the parking lot, he saw two man having some kind of altercation. “I walked up. This guy wearing a black beanie, and black shirt, with tattoos on his face, asked me about gangbanging. I told him ‘no.’ He said some other stuff, and then all I heard was ‘boom, boom, boom’,” Meraz recalled.

Officers continue to gather evidence after the shooting. Courtesy KGW-TV News 8

The victim said the shooter jumped a gate on the property line and ran off. The other person got in a car, and drove in front of him. “I thought he was going to shoot me again,” Meraz said.

Here’s Fidel Meraz, in happier times. GoFundMe image

Because Meraz will not be able to work, and support his family, friends have set up a GoFundMe page for him: CLICK HERE to see it.

The PPB’s Enhanced Community Safety Team continues to investigate this shooting. If you have information about the incident, please contact crimetips@police.portlandoregon.gov, and reference Case No. 25-54612.

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