Nicholas James Potter, 36, was fatally shot inside a Tigard residence on May 7, 2021, around 12:47 p.m. Officers responding to a reported domestic disturbance in the 15000 block of S.W. 79th Avenue found Potter deceased from multiple gunshot wounds.

Tigard Police say a relative shot Potter; investigators describe the killing as the culmination of an ongoing situation involving threats of violence by Potter. The family member stayed at the scene and cooperated with detectives. No criminal charges were filed immediately, and the case was sent to the Washington County District Attorney’s Office for review to determine whether charges would be warranted.

Potter was born November 20, 1984, in McMinnville, Oregon, and had lived and worked in Tigard for about the last two decades. Does anyone who knew Nicholas or the family have information that could help clarify what led to this shooting?