On August 17, 2021, around 7:50 a.m., 37-year-old Quaii Jerrice Snider, a Black/African American man, was shot in Portland’s Kenton neighborhood near a homeless encampment by North Victory Boulevard and Interstate 5. He was transported to a nearby hospital but died of his injuries; the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

The Portland Police Homicide Unit initially had no publicly identified suspect and appealed to the community for information as investigators pieced together events. The inquiry later identified 21-year-old Hunter Irvin Lewis, who had been a fugitive after escaping from the Koochiching County Jail in Minnesota earlier that spring. Lewis was arrested and indicted on second-degree murder with a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon; he pleaded not guilty at arraignment.

If anyone knew Quaii Snider, saw activity near North Victory Boulevard and I-5 that morning, or has information about the case, please come forward to assist the investigation.