On the morning of March 20, 2022, 40-year-old Michael Paul Fitch was found dead from a gunshot wound on a sidewalk in Portland’s Buckman neighborhood. Portland Police Bureau officers from the Central Precinct responded at 7:18 a.m. to a report of a shooting on the 800 block of Southeast Washington Street and discovered Fitch’s body. Detectives say the shooter or shooters had fled before officers arrived and no arrests were made at the scene.

Homicide detectives took over the investigation, and police closed portions of Southeast Washington Street, Southeast Alder Street, and Southeast 8th Avenue while processing the scene. The bureau later released a photograph provided by Fitch’s family and the family asked for privacy as they mourned. There have been no public announcements of arrests or identified suspects and the case remains open.

If anyone has information about what happened that morning or saw activity in the area, contact the lead investigators with the Portland Police Bureau.