Cesar Alejandro Cuevas-Morales, 32, was found shot to death in Portland’s Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood in the predawn hours of Saturday, September 27, 2025. Officers from East Precinct responded around 3:42–3:45 a.m. to the 3400 block of Southeast 130th Avenue near Southeast Powell Boulevard and found him lying in the street with fatal gunshot wounds. The Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Detectives opened a homicide investigation that morning. When officers arrived the shooter or shooters were already gone. Southeast 130th Avenue was closed between Powell and Rhone while investigators processed the scene and canvassed for witnesses. By the end of that week no arrests, suspects, or motive had been announced; police asked anyone who saw or heard something that morning to contact homicide detectives and referenced case number 25-266348.

Cuevas-Morales was publicly identified as having ties to Venezuela after next of kin were notified. Few personal details have been released beyond his age, the block where he fell, and the timeline of the call. Does anyone in the Powellhurst-Gilbert area recall activity or surveillance footage from around 3:40 a.m. on September 27 that could help investigators?