Man Dies In Old Town Shooting

PORTLAND, Ore. — Just after 2:00 on Friday morning, officers responded to a shooting in the Old Town neighborhood at Northwest 2nd and Couch where they found a man with a gunshot wound.

Officers called for an ambulance and rendered trauma aid until paramedics arrived.  The man was taken to the hospital where he later died.

He has been identified as 26-year-old Jaquan Jamaul Jenkins.

Jaquan Jamaul Jenkins, 26.

Police secured the scene and searched for suspects, but they didn’t find the shooter.

This is the 7th deadly shooting in Portland this month.

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