Tyrell Nathaniel Penney was 27 when he was shot and killed outside a club in the 15800 block of Southeast Division Street in Portland, Oregon, on July 25, 2020. Born in Portland and raised in Sacramento, California, Penney had been visiting family and had celebrated his 27th birthday a few weeks earlier. He was a father of three and family members described him as a loving, caring father who was quiet but fiercely loyal; he also had sickle cell disease.

Penney was with his cousin, Masico Laveral Walker Jr., who was also shot and left critically injured and paralyzed from the waist down. The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Penney’s death was a homicide caused by a gunshot wound. Detectives identified 32-year-old Thomas Earl Cooper Jr. as a suspect and a warrant was issued for second-degree murder; Cooper was located and arrested in Bend, Oregon, on August 22, 2020.

Anyone who knew Tyrell, was at the scene that night, or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.