SHOOTING REPORT | Learn what’s been revealed about this, the most recent deadly shooting, in outer East Portland …
Portland Police Bureau officers block off SE 130th Avenue, south of Powell Boulevard, as the homicide investigation begins.
By David F. Ashton
A man was shot early on Saturday morning, September 27, on SE 130th Avenue between Powell Boulevard and Rhone Street.
Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers with East Precinct were dispatched to what turned out to be a murder, at 3:42 a.m. – and upon arrival they found an adult male victim deceased in the street.
Southward, along SE 130th Avenue, the two sets of red crime scene tape define the area where the shooting took place.
It was difficult to spot the PPB Homicide Unit detectives and officers investigating the shooting on that dark street, but it appeared to be taking place in the road just north of the Lyndhurst Terrace apartment complex, and a no-name five-building duplex development.
“The suspect or suspects left the scene before police arrived, and no immediate arrests were made,” is all Portland Police officials would say about this case early that morning.
This man, Cesar Alejandro Cuevas-Morales, is said to have died of gunshot wounds. Family provided photo
On September 29, the revealed that it deceased was 32-year-old Cesar Alejandro Cuevas-Morales, of Venezuela. The Medical Examiner determined Cuevas-Morales died of gunshot wounds by homicide.
If you have information about this case, email it to homicidetips@police.portlandoregon.gov, or call 503-823-0479 – either way reference Case No. 25-266348.
We’ll update this story if, or when, when more information becomes available.
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