Police identify woman shot and killed along Eastbank Esplanade
by KATU Staff
Ash Smith. (Family photo via Portland Police Bureau)
PORTLAND, Ore. —
Portland police on Thursday identified the woman shot and killed along the Eastbank Esplanade earlier this month as 31-year-old Ash Smith.
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Officers found Smith dead near Southeast Salmon Street May 8 after responding to a reported shooting at about 11:45 that night.
Police arrested 25-year-old Wyatt Storm Belcher in the shooting. A Multnomah County grand jury indicted him on second-degree murder with a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon.
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Detectives said there was no known connection between Belcher and Smith.
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