Kimberly Venegas-Gonzalez, 21, was found dead from a gunshot wound at a residence in the 2000 block of Southeast 170th Avenue in Portland on the evening of August 10, 2025. Portland police were called at about 6:30 p.m. when 20-year-old Leonel Macias reported a female was deceased inside the home. Officers arriving at the East Precinct area found Macias armed and barricaded; the Special Emergency Reaction Team and Crisis Negotiation Team were deployed. After roughly two hours he exited and was taken into custody; a firearm was recovered and he was treated at a local hospital before booking at the Multnomah County Detention Center.

Macias was initially arrested on charges of Murder in the Second Degree and Unlawful Use of a Weapon; prosecutors later charged him with first-degree manslaughter. According to a probable cause affidavit, Macias’s mother said she had been with both earlier that evening, left briefly, and received a call from Macias claiming Venegas-Gonzalez had accidentally shot herself while playing with his handgun. She says Macias later showed a FaceTime of himself holding a gun to his chin and that when she returned she saw Venegas-Gonzalez on the couch and her son holding a gun before she called 911. The Homicide Unit is continuing its investigation.

Does anyone have information about Kimberly’s last known movements or the hours before 6:30 p.m. on August 10 that could help the investigation?