<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2TULRL_0ljJguIu00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2TULRL_0ljJguIu00" width="1320" height="743" ></figure>PORTLAND, Ore. — Homicide detectives are investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found after reports of a shooting Wednesday night in Northeast Portland’s Woodlawn neighborhood.Officers were first called out about 9:15 p.m. on reports of gunfire near Northeast 22nd Avenue and Northeast Lombard Street.They found a woman dead, saying she had been shot. A few hours later, police located a deceased man nearby.Investigators have not confirmed whether he also suffered gunshot wounds, saying the medical examiner will rule a cause of death in both cases.Police said the suspect or suspects fled in Wednesday night's shooting has fled, and no one has been arrested in the case.If you have any helpful information, you’re asked to contact Detective Travis Law at travis.law@police.portlandoregon.gov or (503)823-0395, or Detective Ryan Foote at ryan.foote@police.portlandoregon.gov or (503)823-0781, and reference case number 23-88186.CRIME MAP | Check in on crime in your area with Alert NestNeighbors tell KATU News they heard 6-8 shots coming from the direction of Northeast Lombard Street.“We hear gunshots all the time, but to have it happen so close was pretty scary, literally just 50 feet away,” said Alan Scheier.Scheier is one of several neighbors we talked with who said shootings have become a problem in the area.Portland Police say they’ve responded to sixteen shootings in the neighborhood from February 2022 - February 2023, nine of them from October-February."You hear gunshots every night," said a neighbor who didn't want to be identified. "We had two gun-related deaths on this block alone within the last six months. I think this is the third."Police say there have been 265 shootings in the City of Portland from January to March, and 99 in March alone.People in Woodlawn say they’ve also noticed an uptick in other types of crime. Some say they’ve experienced break-ins, theft, and homeless setting up camps too close to their homes."With the main access highway road right here we get a lot of transients, we get a lot of drug activity," said another neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous.<blockquote>And late at night, this is a pretty long, empty stretch of road where people use it all the time for whatever purposes.</blockquote></div></body>

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Two found dead after shooting in NE Portland's Woodlawn neighborhood

PORTLAND, Ore. — Homicide detectives are investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found after reports of a shooting Wednesday night in Northeast Portland’s Woodlawn neighborhood. Officers were first called out about 9:15 p.m. on reports of gunfire near Northeast 22nd Avenue and Northeast Lombard Street.