PORTLAND, Ore. — A teen has been arrested for shooting and killing a man in Southeast Portland's Mt. Scott-Arleta neighborhood in late June.
On Tuesday, Portland police arrested 18-year-old Adrian G. Garcia for the death of Hunter Sutherland Lantz Hecker, 30, of Portland. Garcia has been charged with second-degree murder and unlawful use of weapon.
Around 11:44 p.m. on June 27, officers responded to the area of Southeast 82nd Avenue and Southeast Knight Street near The Lion's Eye Tavern, where someone reported that shots were fired and a man was hit. When officers arrived, Hecker was found dead.
Hecker's family said he and his girlfriend were out at a bar near their home when he was shot out front "in a senseless act of violence." He died in his girlfriend's arms on the sidewalk, a statement from the family said.
According to his family, Hecker was involved in Portland's culinary industry and most recently worked at Silk Road in the Pearl District, where he helped to create the bar's cocktail menu.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sean Macomber at Sean.Macomber@police.portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-0404, or Detective Eric McDaniel at Eric.McDaniel@police.portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-0833, and reference case number 24-159685.
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