03:57 PM PST on Friday, January 20, 2006

By TERESA BELL, kgw.com Staff

Two men were killed in separate shootings in the greater Portland area, police said Friday.

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James Charles Voorhees

Around 1 a.m. Friday, officers found a man shot to death inside a unit at the Sandpiper Court Apartment Compex at 118 NE 160th Avenue, according to Sgt. Brian Schmautz with the Portland Police Bureau.

The victim was identified as 25-year-old James Charles Voorhees. Detectives determined that Michael Eugene Mehrer, 24, killed Voorhees, Schmautz said.

Mehrer was booked into the Justice Center Jail on unrelated warrants.

An autopsy performed by the Multnomah County Medical Examiner revealed that the victim died of a single gunshot wound.

Investigators were looking into the possibility of drugs being involved in the crime.

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Juan Gabriel Perez-Solis

The other deadly shooting happened Thursday night at a home in Milwaukie, on the 10900 block of SE Myrtle Street near Highway 224.

Police found Juan Gabriel Perez-Solis, 36, of Milwaukie, dead inside the home just before 8 p.m.

Officers said they found a gun inside the home and have identified the person responsible, according to officer Kevin Krebs, a spokesman for the Milwaukie Police Department.

No arrests have been made.