Overview

• Officers responded to a reported shooting at 8:36 p.m. in the 2900 block of Northwest Nicolai Street and found a man with apparent gunshot wounds.
• The victim died at the scene, and police have not released his identity.
• No arrests have been reported as the Portland Police Bureau’s Homicide Unit leads the investigation.
• Nicolai Street was closed between Northwest 29th and Northwest 31st avenues during initial scene processing.
• Investigators ask anyone with information to contact homicidetips@police.portlandoregon.gov or call 503-823-0479, noting the death could become the city’s 31st homicide of 2025 if officially ruled a homicide.