Portland police seek three men in fatal shooting
Portland police officers say they are searching for three men involved in the fatal shooting of a St. Helens man Saturday afternoon.
According to police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson, officers responded to a report of gunfire on Saturday and found a man outside of an entrance to a field at Menlo Park Elementary School.
The man, identified Sunday as Larry Van Dolah Jr., 38, was pronounced dead at the scene. The State Medical Examiner’s Office determined he died of several gunshot wounds.
Simpson said witnesses told police that they heard gunshots and saw three black men, about 16 to 20, wearing hooded sweatshirts run away.
Police said they don’t know at this time what led to the shooting or if the victim and suspects knew each other.
