Justin Lee Williams, 41, was shot in North Portland in the early hours of Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2022. Portland Police were sent to the 8700 block of North Lombard Street at 1:46 a.m. after a report of a shooting and found Williams with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and died there on November 26, 2022.

Officers soon focused on a nearby car crash where they arrested 43-year-old Barbara Marie Michelle. A probable cause affidavit says Williams was shot by his girlfriend, Michelle, after an argument that began at the Bluebird Tavern. The affidavit records statements attributed to Michelle that she said Williams was attacking her and that she was protecting herself. Michelle was initially booked on first-degree assault; after Williams died the charge was elevated to include homicide, and she was arraigned on the new charges on November 29, 2022. The family released a photograph but has asked for privacy while grieving.

Did anyone see Williams or Michelle at the Bluebird Tavern the night of November 23 into November 24, 2022?