On August 26, 2023, a fatal shooting occurred just before 4 a.m. in the parking lot near the entrance of an apartment complex in the 200 block of Southeast 188th Avenue in Gresham, Oregon. Officers who responded to reports of gunshots found 61-year-old James Edward Wilson; he was later declared deceased at the scene. The East County Major Crimes Team was activated and treated the case as a homicide.

An arrest followed in connection with Wilson’s death: Juan Jose Lopez was taken into custody and is jailed on charges of murder and attempted murder. Gresham Police are still seeking information and have appealed to the public for help identifying two people seen on bicycles in the area around the time of the shooting — a woman with dark hair wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a man in a red sweatshirt and a white ballcap — and have released photos of them.

Wilson was born October 8, 1961, and lived most of his life in the Portland area; he was the son of Dan and Rose Wilson. If anyone saw activity in that parking lot the morning of August 26, 2023, or recognizes the bicyclists, please contact the Gresham Police Tip Line.