Multiple Shots Fired Overnight, Vehicles & Homes Hit

Portland Police are now looking into two incidents of multiple shots fired.

Both happened early Sunday morning, police say they do not know if the two are related.

The first happened around 1:45 AM, where Police responded to a report of gunfire heard near North Vancouver Ave and North Sumner street.

Police say preliminary information shows at least 21 shots were fired.

Investigators found that bullets struck two buildings and two vehicles.

Included in those were occupied homes. In one home, a bullet came to rest on a blanket that someone was sleeping in.

The second shooting happened just before 3 AM, where police responded to the report of shots heard near Southeast Stark Street and Southeast 28th Avenue.

They say they showed up and found shell casings on Southeast Stark Street for nearly five blocks.

Multiple buildings and parked vehicles were hit.

Police say that occupied homes were struck again as well, and that a bullet struck a mattress that someone was sleeping on.

There have been no known injuries due to either shooting.

 

 

 

 

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