Two More People Shot To Death in Portland, Pushing Homicide Total To 77

PORTLAND, Ore. –Two people were shot and killed over the weekend in Portland, pushing the city’s total for the year to 77.

A man was found dead in a vehicle on Northeast Madrona Street in the Woodlawn neighborhood around 3:40am on Saturday.  He’s identified as 30-year-old Dominick Luster.

Another man died in the street on Southeast 148th Avenue north of Division just before 5:30pm on Sunday.  He was identified on Tuesday as 34-year-old George Rowe IV, also known as “Tylor Rowe”.

There have been around 1,100 shootings or shots fired calls in the city this year.