On January 17, 2021, 31-year-old Frank Gouland was shot to death outside an apartment complex near Southeast 143rd Avenue and Division Street in Portland, Oregon. His brother-in-law, 28-year-old Adam Kekoa Adams, was also killed in the same attack while their families, including young children, were asleep inside a nearby residence. Autopsies by the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office determined both men died from gunshot wounds and the deaths were ruled homicides.

Frank Gouland is remembered by family as a funny, caring man and a devoted father to his five-year-old daughter. The families have ties to Micronesia through Frank and Julisa’s parents.

Portland Homicide Detectives are investigating the double homicide and have asked the public for help; no arrests have been announced. If anyone has information about what happened that morning, please come forward.