Montavilla neighborhood man shot in the chest, suspect taken into custody

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Police are on the scene of a shooting in Southeast Portland. Just after 11:15 a.m. Saturday, police were called to the 6800 block of SE 92nd Avenue. Officials say an adult male was shot and has been taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police...

PORTLAND, Ore. — More than a decade after a man was shot and killed in northeast Portland neighborhood, a suspect has been arrested for his murder. Leonard “LJ” Irving was fatally shot at about 12:40 a.m. on June 26, 2011 at Northeast 82nd Avenue and Thompson Street.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A man was killed in a shooting around 2:30 a.m. on N. Curtis Avenue, said police. Portland Police Bureau officers responded to a call of shots fired at 2:26 a.m. at the 6900 block of N. Curtis Ave. Police confirmed to KATU that one man had...

PORTLAND, Ore. — 45-year-old Gregory W. Newman was shot and killed in the early hours of January 20. PAST COVERAGE | Shooting in Montavilla kills one man, suspect arrested. The Medical Examiner said his manner of death was a homicide. Early Friday morning, January 20, officers from East Precinct...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered and marched in Portland on Friday night following the release of video that shows the deadly arrest of an unarmed man in Memphis earlier this month. Five former Memphis police officers are now facing seven federal charges — including second-degree murder and...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. — Highway 219 has reopened following a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning. Emergency responders were called just before 8 a.m. Washington County Sheriff’s Office says the highway was closed south of the Jackson Bottom Wetlands after a car left the roadway, went down the embankment, and ended up on its top.

HILLSBORO, Ore. — Police arrested a 40-year-old woman Wednesday after they said she drove her car onto the MAX tracks while under the influence of intoxicants and got stuck. It happened around 5:50 p.m. at the Orenco MAX station in Hillsboro. Police said Jennifer Smith, 40, had two children...

The Memphis Police Department released body camera video Friday evening that shows the brutal police beating of Tyre Nichols. Nichols died three days after the traffic stop on January 7. Five officers were fired after an internal investigation. They were arrested Thursday and face several charges, including second-degree murder. Following...

JEFFERSON, Ore. — A SWAT team arrested a 43-year-old Jefferson man on aggravated animal abuse and gun charges after he was accused of shooting and killing his neighbor’s dog last summer. While arresting Jeremy Cornwell, investigators say they searched the shed where he lives and found more than...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Honduran man living in Portland is facing federal drug charges after he was caught with two kilos of rainbow-colored fentanyl and several guns. The U.S. Attorney’s Office – District of Oregon said Jose Isidro Zuniga Torres, 47, was charged with both conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland city leaders Friday denounced the events that led to the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of police in Memphis, Tennessee, and called for people who wanted to protest, to do it peacefully. The news conference, held over Zoom, included Mayor Ted Wheeler, Portland...

CLARK COUNTY, Ore. — A possibly-intoxicated driver crashed his car into Boulder Creek Wednesday night, prompting a rescue of the people stranded inside the vehicle, said Clark County Sheriff's Office police. On January 25, shortly before midnight, Clark County Sheriff’s Deputies and other rescue agencies arrived at the scene...

A man was flown to the hospital Wednesday after he crashed his ATV on a property outside of Longview, Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue officials said. The crash happened at about 11:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 2000 block of Abernathy Creek Road. Officials said the 61-year-old ATV rider was wearing a helmet at the time.

SALEM, Ore. — A second inmate has walked away from a Salem area transition center in the last 15 days. Deputies are looking for 39-year-old Pedro Miguel Angel Perez-Perez who left the Marion County Transition Center at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. Officials say if you see Perez-Perez, call emergency dispatch...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A shortage in felony-qualified public defenders is leading to a spike in unrepresented individuals charged with the lowest-level felonies in Oregon, and to frustration for some crime victims whose cases stall in the system. Earlier this month, the shortage affected Thu Nguyen, a business owner...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Multnomah County jury on Monday awarded $1 million to Rose Wakefield, who claimed a Jacksons Food Stores’ employee racially discriminated against her in 2020. “I feel vindicated,” said Wakefield. “There’s really no amount of money to accept that type of behavior from anyone. But...

KALAMA, Wash. — A 29-year-old Kalama man hasn't been seen since seen Monday, and family members say he could be missing in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Kalama Police reported that Mitchell Kelly Green left his family’s home in Kalama at about noon Monday and that he was heading to the Calamity Peak area.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Downtown Portland has only 60% of the foot traffic seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report from the Portland Business Alliance found, as the Rose City trails other cities in the recovery process. Despite that fact, Portland did see a more than 25% growth in...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler issued an emergency declaration Thursday as hundreds of members of a city labor union prepare to strike next week. Employees represented by the Laborers’ Local 483 are set to strike starting February 2 at midnight. The group of workers includes people who repair roads, treat wastewater, and clean and manage parks, among other things.

PORTLAND, Ore. — We wanted to pay another visit to the area around Northeast 63rd Avenue and Halsey Street. Anthony Lane didn't really expect things to get better in the nearly three months since we were last here. But he also didn't expect things to get worse. This area...