PORTLAND, Ore. — Police have identified a person who was found shot and killed in the Eliot neighborhood of northeast Portland on Feb. 11.
A little more than two weeks after the shooting, officers identified the victim as 41-year-old Torn Saephan. The medical examiner determined Seaphan died from a gunshot wound and determined Saephan's death to be a homicide. Police have not released a photo of Saephan.
On Feb. 11 at 2 p.m., police officers responded to reports of a shooting near the intersection of Northeast First Avenue and Northeast Hancock Street at 2 p.m., just around the block from Pine Street Biscuits on Schuyler. Officers found Saephan dead, according to the Portland Police Bureau (PPB).
The suspect, or suspects, left the area before the officers arrived and police have not arrested anyone connected to the investigation. Detectives with the agency's homicide unit responded to the scene.
Northeast Hancock was closed between Northeast 1st and Northeast 2nd during the investigation.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective William Winters at William.Winters@police.portlandoregon.gov, 503-823-0466, or Detective Jason Koenig at Jason.Koenig@police.portlandoregon.gov, 503-823-0889, and reference case number 23-38976.
The shooting marked the city's seventh reported homicide of the year and the sixth from a shooting, according to recent police reports. An as-yet unidentified man died in SE Portland's Lents neighborhood in a stabbing Friday evening. Exactly one week ago, 20-year-old Tyz’Juan James was gunned down in SE Portland's Mill Park neighborhood.
This is a developing story and will be updated with more details as they emerge.
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