PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Portland Police Bureau is conducting a death investigation after a body was found in the Hazelwood neighborhood early Monday morning.
Around 3:30 a.m., a heavy police presence responded to a welfare check in the vicinity of Southeast 141st Avenue and Southeast Harrison Street. At the scene, officers discovered a man deceased in the street.
Police did not release the man’s name and the medical examiner has not yet confirmed his cause or manner of death.
Neighbors told KOIN 6 News they woke up to police in their neighborhood.
“I woke up early this morning, around four in the morning to get a glass of water and noticed all of the cop cars outside. And then I noticed there was a body lying in the street,” neighbor Jessie Tenney said. “It’s just been a strange, surreal day.”
Other neighbors, who did not want to be identified due to safety concerns, told KOIN 6 News they did not hear the gunshots overnight.
This investigation follows a fatal southeast Portland shooting last week in the Foster-Powell neighborhood. On Monday, police identified the victim in that shooting as Rene Ramirez Martinez.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Detective Calvin Goldring at Calvin.Goldring@police.portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-0256; or Detective Travis Law at Travis.Law@police.portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-0395. Reference case number 23-65602.
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