A birthday party at the Embassy Suites Hotel near Portland International Airport on March 15, 2023, ended in a deadly shooting. At about 2:44 a.m. an altercation inside a hotel room escalated into gunfire; 24-year-old Teonjenique Elizabeth Lashay Hudson Howard, known as TiTi, and 19-year-old Adarian Daeshawn Granville died of their injuries. Two others, including a security guard, were wounded and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The East County Major Crimes Team investigated, involving the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office, the Port of Portland Police, Gresham Police, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon State Police. Raman Lawrence, 33, was identified by witnesses as the shooter and later convicted of first degree murder with a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon with a firearm, and felon in possession of a firearm.

The case also raised questions about hotel security and whether the property owner or manager could have prevented the violence. Does anyone who attended that gathering or stayed at the hotel that night have information that could help clarify how the confrontation began?