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Suspect in Goose Hollow homicide arrested

On Friday, Josiah Nettles was arrested in connection with the killing of DeAndrae Stephens last December.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Update: On Friday, February 4th, 2022, U.S. Marshals arrested Josiah Nettles in Vancouver, Washington. He was wanted in connection to DeAndrae Stephens' death. Nettles was booked into Clark County Jail and charged with second-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm, police said.

A man was found dead after a shooting early Tuesday morning in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Southwest Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau (PPB).

At around 12:55 a.m., officers responded to a report of a shooting near Southwest Morrison Street and Southwest 20th Avenue. PPB said officers found a man dead when they arrived.

Police have identified the man as DeAndrae D. Stephens, 30, of Portland.

The Oregon State Medical Examiner's Officer determined his cause and manner of death to be homicide by gunshot wound. 

Police closed Southwest Morrison Street from West Burnside Street to Southwest 18th Avenue while homicide detectives investigated.

Credit: Family of DeAndrae Stephens

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