On the evening of May 23, 2024, in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, 31-year-old Laquonda Fuller-Hudson was shot and killed inside an apartment in the 100 block of Southeast 146th Avenue. Officers from the Portland Police Bureau’s East Precinct arrived just after 10 p.m. after reports of shots fired and found Fuller-Hudson deceased; the Medical Examiner later ruled the death a homicide by gunshot wound. The suspect fled before police arrived; the Portland Police Homicide Unit closed Southeast 146th Avenue between East Burnside Street and Southeast Stark Street to process the scene. A male suspect was later taken into custody and was being treated at a local hospital for injuries sustained in a separate incident that occurred after the homicide but before contact with law enforcement.

Authorities have not publicly identified him. Fuller-Hudson was a mother of two, ages 10 and two, and family and friends remembered her as vibrant, humble and determined to better herself for her children. Her family says she had known the man about two months and was in the early stages of getting to know him; they stressed nobody realized she was in a dangerous situation.

Does anyone who knew Laquonda or saw activity in that apartment block on May 23 have information to share?