PORTLAND, Ore. — The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide at an apartment complex near Mount Talbert Nature Park after an incident that left one man dead early Saturday morning.
Around 12:49 a.m. Saturday, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office responded to multiple reports of a person "yelling for help" at the Crown Court Apartments on Southeast 97th Avenue.
When deputies arrived, they found a bystander giving first aid to a man. Despite the deputies assisting in lifesaving measures, the man died at the scene, the sheriff’s office said.
On Monday, the sheriff’s office identified the man as 30-year-old Jefferson Smith Cates. The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his death a homicide. The cause of death has not yet been reported. No arrests have been made.
The sheriff’s office is asking anyone with information about this case to contact the sheriff’s office tip line by phone at 503-723-4949 or by using the online email form at www.clackamas.us/sheriff/tip. The reference case number is 24-012642.
This story will be updated with more information as it becomes available.
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