On April 5, 2023, Marcel Bryant, 30, and Deja Willingham, 27, were fatally shot in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Northeast Portland near Northeast 22nd Avenue and Northeast Lombard Street. Police received reports of gunfire around 9:15 p.m.; officers found Willingham deceased at the scene and discovered Bryant’s body several hours later. The medical examiner confirmed both died of gunshot wounds.

Bryant is remembered by family and community members as kind and caring. His sister, Alexis Mottlaverria, said he acted as a father figure who raised her after their mother’s death and noted the significant impact his loss will have on his son. Bryant’s family has made a representative available to speak to the press; Willingham’s family has asked for no media contact. No arrests have been announced and the suspect or suspects fled the scene; the Portland Police Bureau is asking anyone with information to contact Detective Travis Law or Detective Ryan Foote, case number 23-88186.

Did anyone in the Woodlawn area see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?