Person found dead in Portland tent with gunshot wound

Published December 23, 2021 1:52 pm

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say the death investigation of a person found dead inside a tent in Portland is now a homicide investigation. The Portland Police Bureau said in a news release Thursday that officers were sent to North Vancouver Avenue and North Farragut Street around 10:15 a.m. Thursday on a report of a shooting. Police say officers found a man inside a tent who appeared to have died of a probable gunshot wound. Police believe the shooter left in a vehicle after the incident and no arrests have been made. No further information was immediately released.

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