Jose Monroy Castaneda, a 52-year-old father of four, was fatally shot in the early hours of April 23, 2022, near Southeast 136th Avenue and Powell Boulevard in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood of Southeast Portland. Officers from the Portland Police Bureau’s East Precinct found Castaneda with gunshot wounds around 1:12 a.m.; medical crews were unable to save him and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the cause of death homicide by gunshot.

Portland Police Bureau Homicide Unit investigators canvassed the area and appealed to the public for information. Authorities confirmed no arrests had been made and released no suspect information in the days after the shooting. Crime Stoppers of Oregon has offered a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. The case remains an unsolved homicide.

Did anyone in the Powellhurst-Gilbert area see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?