Murder Outside of Dante’s

Monday, October 19, 2015

GoLocalPDX News Team

Photo: Flckr, Susan Smith

On Sunday evening at 11:15 p.m., Central Precinct officers responded to the report of a shooting at Southwest 3rd Avenue and Burnside Street.

Responding Officers and medical personnel arrived and were directed to the parking lot behind Dante's, located at 380 West Burnside Street, where they located an adult male deceased from a gunshot wound. The victim appears to be in his 30s.

The location is infamous for being the home to "Keep Portland Weird."

According to witnesses, they described seeing people running from the area and vehicles being driven away after the shooting.

Homicide detectives, the Medical Examiner and Criminalists from the Forensic Evidence Division are responding to begin an investigation into the death.

Traffic on Southwest 3rd and 4th Avenues may be impacted by this investigation.

There is no additional information available and no updates will be shared until mid-Monday morning at the earliest.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Police Non-Emergency Line at 503-823-3333.

Related Slideshow: Crime Trends in Portland - Good News and Bad News

The Portland Police Bureau's Strategic Services Division and the Criminology and Criminal Justice program at Portland State University (PSU) have partnered to provide an interactive tool to provide a longer term look at crime trends.

The interactive data shows the geographic distribution of crime in the city; and reveals insights into crime data.

See key findings below.

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Gun related crimes decreased 80%.

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Robbery

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GOOD NEWS: The number of non-domestic assaults has remained relatively stagnant over the past five years.

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Over the 25 years residential robberies are down over 70%.