Victim identified in Northeast Portland homicide
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Portland police have identified the person who was killed in Northeast Portland Thursday night, in a shooting that also left two others hospitalized.
Officers said Shawndell DeShazo II, 28, died of gunshot wounds at a nearby hospital. Police did not offer any details about the circumstances of the shooting or whether they have identified a suspect, but said DeShazo’s death was ruled a homicide.
Police said they responded to Northeast 66th Avenue and Broadway Street around 8:45 p.m. Thursday, where they found two victims with gunshot wounds. Both victims were taken to the hospital in an ambulance and are believed to have non-life-threatening injuries. Police did not identify either of those victims.
Someone had fired at a victim riding as a passenger in the bus, shattering one of the windows around 12:30 p.m. Thursday on Northeast Prescott Drive, police said.