On the night of November 2, 2025, 49-year-old Robert Lee Mathis Jr., a Portland resident, was shot near the 9900 block of North Whitaker Road in North Portland just before 10 p.m. Officers from the Portland Police Bureau’s North Precinct found Mathis critically wounded; despite officers’ first aid and paramedics’ response, he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide by gunshot wound.

Police closed North Whitaker Road between North Victory Boulevard and North Hayden Meadows Drive while homicide detectives processed the scene. Authorities identified Mathis publicly and notified his family, who released a portrait and asked for privacy. As of mid-November 2025 no arrests or suspect descriptions have been released, and investigators continue to seek tips under case number 25-301509.

A Craigslist post from someone connected to Mathis sought the stranger who performed CPR that night, and memorial pages have begun to appear online. Does anyone have information about what was seen or heard on North Whitaker Road that evening?