Updated: 11:56 AM PDT May 27, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. Police are investigating the homicide of a 17-year-old boy on Sunday in Northeast Portland and asking the public to come forward with any information they have about the crime.
Police received a report of a dead body in the street at around 6:30 a.m. on Sunday. Officers responded to the 14300 block of Northeast Milton Street, near Argay City Park, and found the body of the victim, whom police identified as Sergio Hunt.
Officers believed Hunt had been the victim of a hit-and-run crash and the traffic division s Major Crash Team was called out to the scene to investigate. After the discovery of what police called suspicious circumstances, homicide detectives were called out to investigate. Following an autopsy, the medical examiner determined the cause of death was homicide.