On the evening of December 31, 2024, a 28-year-old man identified as Malik-Devon Terrance Lee Henson of Texas was fatally shot around 5:40 p.m. in the parking lot of a motel on Northeast Sandy Boulevard in Portland’s Sumner neighborhood. Officers from the North Precinct responding to a shooting found Mr. Henson deceased; the Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide by gunshot wound.

The suspect or suspects fled before police arrived and no arrests were made at the scene. The Portland Police Homicide Unit is investigating and detectives are asking anyone with information who has not yet spoken to them to come forward. Mr. Henson’s family has been notified and has released a photograph while requesting privacy.

If anyone was in the 8200 block of Northeast Sandy Boulevard on New Year’s Eve 2024 or saw activity in the motel parking lot around 5:40 p.m., can you provide information to detectives?