Updated: 9:47 AM PST March 4, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. The Portland Police Bureau s (PPB) Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT) and the Crisis Negotiation Team responded to a North Portland neighborhood after someone possibly involved in a shooting ran into a garage on Thursday morning.
Officers set up a perimeter around the location, in the area of North Houghton Street and North Fiske Avenue, just north of Lombard Street.
After a search of the home and surrounding block, police did not find the suspect. Officers recovered a gun, but PPB said it s unclear if the gun was used in the shooting.
Portland police said there are no known shooting victims.
March 04 2021
Shootings in the Wilkes and Portsmouth neighborhoods not known to be linked, but police seek a suspect in one case.
Portland Police are searching for the suspect in one early morning shooting, and also reported an injury shooting elsewhere in the city during the early morning hours of Thursday, March 4.
In the first incident, around 4:48 a.m., police say they responded to Northeast 148th Avenue at Halsey Street in the Wilkes neighborhood, where they say a person was wounded and taken to a hospital for treatment. Officers canvassed for witnesses and searched the area for evidence. There is no suspect information, according to a news release.
Arrests made in Portland church vandalism, burglary, shooting
Portland Police announce arrests in three separate incidents that happened across the city this week.
Portland Police Bureau officers arrested a man who allegedly stole items from two storage units in Northwest Portland and then fled by vehicle before crashing his car and ditching a gun in the snow.
Travis John Hendon, 35, faces two counts each of first-degree burglary and being a felon in possession of a gun, plus one count of first- and second-degree theft, plus hit and run.
According to a probable cause affidavit, the thefts occurred at Central Self Shortage, 1323 N.W. 16th Ave., where Hendon previously had rented a unit but was evicted.