On the night of March 18, 2025, 17-year-old Junior Garza was fatally shot in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood of East Portland near the 3000 block of Southeast 136th Avenue. The shooting was reported at about 10:15 p.m.; officers found Garza with life-threatening injuries and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound and classified it a homicide.

Portland Police Bureau Homicide detectives closed part of Southeast 136th Avenue between Southeast Division Street and Southeast Powell Boulevard to process the scene. Weeks after the shooting no arrests had been announced and no suspects were publicly identified. Junior’s mother, Sylvia Garza, has made public pleas for information and the family has organized a fundraiser to help with burial expenses and a headstone.

Does anyone in the Powellhurst-Gilbert area remember seeing or hearing anything around 10:15 p.m. on March 18 that could help investigators?