UPDATE: Crime Stoppers of Oregon, in conjunction with Portland police, is offering a $2,500 reward for information reported to Crime Stoppers that leads to an arrest in the homicide of 53-year-old Kelley Marie Smith. Secure, anonymous tips can be submitted here or via the P3 Tips mobile app.
ORIGINAL STORY: Portland police identified a woman who was shot and killed near Legacy Emanuel hospital Thursday night as 53-year-old Kelley Marie Smith.
The shooting was reported just before 7 p.m. near North Vancouver Avenue and Stanton Street. Officers arrived and found Smith dead.
A medical examiner ruled her death a homicide. There have been 52 homicides in Portland so far this year, the most since 1993, according to the Portland Police Bureau (PPB). Thirty-nine homicides have involved a firearm, PPB said.
No other information about the shooting has been released by police. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Detective Michael Greenlee at Michael.Greenlee@portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-0871, or Detective Brad Clifton at Brad.Clifton@portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-0696.
