On the evening of November 28, 2021, Jose Juan Santos-Elias, a 24-year-old Black / African American man from Portland, was found suffering from a gunshot wound in Pat Pfeifer Park on Northeast 172nd Avenue in Gresham. Emergency responders arrived after a call for a death investigation at about 8:43 p.m.; Santos-Elias died of his injuries. The Multnomah County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide, listing a gunshot wound as the cause.

Investigators with the East County Major Crimes Team handled the case and believe the shooting may have occurred up to an hour before police were dispatched.

If anyone saw or heard anything that night at Pat Pfeifer Park or nearby on Northeast 172nd Avenue, please come forward with information.