Portland Facebook Marketplace Meetup Turns Into Shooting and Robbery That Injures 18-Year-Old
PORTLAND, Ore. — After Portland Police responded to a call shortly after 9 p.m. on Wednesday, an 18-year-old man was hospitalized with a significant injury. He had been shot and robbed during a Facebook Marketplace meetup in the 9100 block of Northeast Irving Street, NE Portland.
Portland Police are looking for the suspect who fled after shooting the victim, before officers arrived.
Tidings Context
Marketplace meetups often start with limited identifying information. That can make surveillance video and digital messages important after a suspect leaves the scene.
Detectives from PPB’s major crime unit are investigating. Police are looking for any tips or surveillance video that may have captured the incident.
If you have any helpful information, get in touch with the Major Crimes Unit by emailing [email protected] (attention: Major Crimes Unit) and reference case number 26-161558.
Tidings Insight
A few seconds of camera footage can help detectives confirm direction of travel, vehicle details or a suspect’s movements before and after the shooting.