PORTLAND, Ore. — Police have detained one person after a search that lasted several hours following a shooting at a North Portland hotel Wednesday morning that left one man dead.
Around 7:15 a.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting and found a man injured in the parking lot of Quality Inn & Suites along Northeast 82nd Avenue. The man was transported to a hospital via ambulance but died, according to a Portland Police Bureau (PPB) news release.
The man's death is being investigated as a homicide. No immediate arrests were made, and police said it was not clear whether the "suspect or suspects" had left the hotel. A Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT) and crisis negotiators responded to assist in securing the crime scene. The hotel parking lot was closed during the investigation.
In a subsequent news release Wednesday afternoon, PPB said SERT finished searching the hotel at 2:40 p.m., and one person had been "detained for further investigation" at 1:13 p.m., but did not specify whether the person was detained inside the hotel or any other circumstances about the shooting and search.
If anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Detective Brent Christensen at brent.christensen@police.portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-2087 or Detective J.D. McGuire at jeff.mcguire@police.portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-2081, and reference case No. 24-297558.
