Homicide detectives 'can't keep up' with Portland killings March 31 2021 Homicides overwhelm Portland Police Bureau in 2021, with more deaths so far than most years total. "These homicide detectives are buried under their cases. They just keep coming," Portland police Lt. Greg Pashley said on the heels of a grizzly night in the city that left three people dead. Pashley spoke Wednesday. March 31, to address two separate shootings and a stabbing just hours earlier. The first incident — a shooting — was reported near the 600 block of Northeast 131st Place shortly after 10 p.m. March 30. One person was injured and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Officers found the suspect a short time later inside a pickup truck, but he fled and a chase ensued. The chase ended in a dead-end parking lot and, after hours of negotiations, the man took his own life.