PORTLAND, Oregon — Graphic video shows the moment a man was shot dead during a confrontation in Portland’s Lents neighborhood late Friday night.
Officers were dispatched to Southeast 92nd Avenue and Southeast Holgate Boulevard that night at approximately 9:45pm over reports of a person shot.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found the victim, identified as 30-year-old Jonathon Polanco, laying on the ground with a gunshot wound.
He was transported to the hospital where he later died of his injury, police said.
Detectives said they are aware of the video circulating online that shows the murder of Polanco.
They are asking anyone who knows the identity of the people in the video to contact them.
The suspect, or suspects, left the scene following the shooting and an arrest has yet to be made.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Det. Jennifer Hertzler at [email protected] 503-823-1040 or Det. Joseph Corona at [email protected] 503-823-0508. Reference case number 21-231670.