PORTLAND, Ore. — Police have detained eight juveniles following a shooting that injured two people in Southeast Portland and prompted a shelter-in-place request early Thursday morning.
The shooting happened just before 1 a.m. near Southeast 146th Avenue and Stark Street. Officers saw multiple suspects run into a nearby apartment, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) said. Police surrounded the area and called the suspects to come out. PPB said three people, all juveniles, initially came out of hiding and were detained. The Special Emergency Reaction Team and the Crisis Negotiation Team was called in to assist. Over the course of several hours, more suspects came out and police detained eight juveniles in total, PPB said.
Police clarified that the eight juveniles have not been arrested and no charges have been made. They are being detained pending further investigation, PPB said.
"I kind of just walked through and saw all the cop cars and cameras," said Dakota, who works in a nearby strip mall that was used as a base for police.
As a precaution, police asked nearby residents to stay inside and lock their doors as officers searched the area for any other suspects. The shelter-in-place order was lifted around 1 p.m., about 12 hours after the shooting was reported.
"There's always a lot of shootings going on around Southeast [Portland,] so I had to say I'm used to it, but I'm more acclimated. It doesn't really shock me," Dakota said.
Officers said that the two shooting victims, a man and a woman, were taken to the hospital but are expected to survive. Portland police has not identified them and has not released any further information about what led up to the shooting.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to send an email to crimetips@police.portlandoregon.gov with the email title "attention: ECST" and reference case number 23-163685.
This is a developing story and it will be updated as more information becomes available.
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