Donte Eugene Mathis was 25 when he was fatally shot in Portland, Oregon, late on July 6, 2024. The shooting happened at 11:48 p.m. in the parking lot of a motel on the 3600 block of Northeast 82nd Avenue in the Madison South neighborhood. Officers from East Precinct found Mathis deceased from a gunshot wound; the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Police say the suspect or suspects fled the scene before officers were alerted, and no arrests have been announced. The Portland Police Homicide Unit is investigating and has asked the public for help as detectives try to reconstruct the events that led to Mathis’s death. The family has asked for privacy while they grieve.

If anyone has information about that night or saw activity in the motel parking lot around 11:48 p.m., please contact the Portland Police Homicide Unit.