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Police identify teenage victim of fatal shooting in SE Portland

The victim, 18-year-old Lorenzo Gordon, was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Springtree Apartments on Southeast 162nd Avenue.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland police identified the man who has shot and killed at an apartment complex in Southeast Portland on Saturday night.

The victim is 18-year-old Lorenzo Gordon, police said.

Officers responded to a report of a shooting near the 600 block of Southeast 162nd Avenue shortly after 7:59 p.m. Saturday, where they found a man injured in the parking lot of the Springtree Apartments. Officers requested medical assistance, but the man died at the scene. 

Detectives from the homicide division and criminalists from the forensic evidence responded to take over the investigation. 

The neighborhood was closed off for the investigation for several hours. 

The investigation into the shooting is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Homicide Detective Scott Broughton at (503) 823-9649 or scott.broughton@portlandpolice.gov or Detective Rico Beniga at (503) 823-0457 or rico.beniga@portlandoregon.gov.

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From Portland Police:

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