Erick Alcantar Vega, a 32-year-old Hispanic/Latino man from Hillsboro, Oregon, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of November 12, 2022. Officers were dispatched about 3:45 a.m. to a reported shooting near Southeast 10th Avenue and Southeast Walnut Street and found Vega on the sidewalk outside the Dunes Motel with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene after lifesaving measures.

Hillsboro detectives treated the incident as a homicide and early statements indicated Vega and the person responsible knew one another, suggesting the shooting was not random. Investigators arrested 39-year-old Francisco Rafael Vasquez-Gomez of Cornelius on November 22, 2022; he was lodged on a charge of second-degree murder. Police did not publicly detail what evidence led to the arrest or describe a motive or the events immediately before the shooting. The investigation was described as ongoing.

If anyone knew Vega, his movements that night, or saw activity near the Dunes Motel around 3:45 a.m. on November 12, 2022, please share what you know.