Brandon Sotelo, 29, was shot in North Portland on March 3, 2025. Officers responded about 11:09 p.m. to the 8100 block of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in the Piedmont neighborhood after reports of a shooting and found a man with gunshot wounds. He was transported to a hospital and later died; the state medical examiner ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound.

Portland Police Bureau Homicide detectives are leading the investigation under case number 25-056347. No arrests or publicly identified suspects or persons of interest have been announced. A stretch of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard was closed during the initial response. Investigators say a second fatal shooting occurred elsewhere in North Portland that same night but that the incidents do not appear connected.

If anyone has information about what happened to Brandon Sotelo or saw activity near Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard around 11:09 p.m. on March 3, contact the homicide detectives with details.