On the evening of April 5, 2023, in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Northeast Portland, 27-year-old Black / African American woman Deja Willingham was found dead from a gunshot wound near Northeast 22nd Avenue and Northeast Lombard Street. Officers responded to reports of gunfire around 9:12 p.m. and discovered Willingham deceased at the scene.

Hours later investigators located a second victim nearby, 30-year-old Marcel Bryant, who also died of a gunshot wound; the medical examiner ruled both deaths homicides by gunshot. Detectives and criminalists processed the area for evidence, and the suspect or suspects had fled before police arrived. No arrests have been announced and the Portland Police Bureau describes the investigation as active.

Bryant’s family has spoken publicly; Willingham’s family has asked for privacy. Anyone with information about either killing is being urged to contact the lead investigators. Did anyone in the Woodlawn area see or hear anything unusual that night?