Nicholas Scott Hammann, 36, was found mortally wounded just after 1:20 a.m. on October 1, 2022, after neighbors in Portland’s Wilkes neighborhood reported gunfire near Northeast Sandy Boulevard and Northeast 162nd Avenue. Officers located him at the edge of the crossroads; paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The medical examiner later ruled the death a homicide caused by a gunshot wound.

Detectives canvassed the area and collected evidence as daylight arrived, but police did not release a motive or identify a suspect in their initial public appeals. Months afterward, family and friends marked the birthday he never reached while investigators continued the inquiry; public updates had not reported an arrest. If anyone was in that area around 1:20 a.m. on October 1, 2022, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.