by Blair Stenvick • Apr 23, 2021 at 8:36 pm
A memorial for Robert Delgado in Lents Park. Jordan Brokaw
Community members, family, and friends of Robert Delgado gathered in Southeast Portland’s Lents Park Friday evening to remember Delgado, who was shot and killed by a police officer in the park one week ago.
“This is pretty overwhelming to see everybody show up and give support,” Kirkpatrick Fries, Delgado’s brother, told the
Mercury. “He was a great guy. He loved his family. And he’d be happy to see this.”
During the two-hour vigil, a crowd of over 100 people gathered near the park’s baseball field, where a Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officer shot Delgado last week after allegedly seeing him holding what appeared to be a gun. (PPB later said a replica handgun was recovered at the scene.) Classic rock music played from a car parked on the grass, and the community organization PDX Saints served food and handed out bl