PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Police are investigating after a shooting victim was hospitalized with severe injuries early Saturday morning in Southeast Portland.
Portland police responded to a report of a shooting at 3:42 a.m. near the corner of SE 125th Avenue and Division Street. When they arrived, police said they found a victim shot and officers applied tourniquets to stabilize them.
The unnamed victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. Their current status is unknown.
The circumstances leading up to the shooting are also unclear.
It’s the latest shooting in the neighborhood, and it has some living there fearing for their safety.
“Being so close to home it’s just terrifying. What if I had been right in the middle of crossing the street?” neighbor Don Reynolds said.
No arrests have been made and no other injuries were reported.