On the evening of March 9, 2023, gunfire in Portland’s Foster-Powell neighborhood near Southeast 74th Avenue and Southeast Powell Boulevard left 39-year-old Hispanic male Rene Ramirez Martinez dead. Police responding to a shots-fired call around 7:28 p.m. found Martinez near an area with parked RVs where people were living. An autopsy confirmed a gunshot wound as the cause of death and the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Detectives from the Portland Police Homicide Unit cordoned off the scene and documented evidence including bullet holes in a nearby car window. The suspect or suspects had fled before officers arrived; investigators appealed to the public for help and the family released a photograph while requesting privacy.

On May 2, 2023, homicide detectives identified 38-year-old Jorge Gomez Montejano as the suspect; an arrest warrant was issued and he was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshal’s Service and booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of Murder in the Second Degree and Unauthorized Use of a Weapon.

If anyone saw activity in the Foster-Powell area that evening or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.