DeAndre Dewitt Rouse, 28, was fatally shot in Portland, Oregon just after 5 a.m. on January 4, 2020. Officers who were in the area for an unrelated matter heard gunshots and later found Rouse deceased near Southeast 151st Avenue and Stark Street.

A vehicle was seen fleeing the scene; officers lost sight of it but later found it abandoned with blood inside and a trail of blood leading away from the car. Community members alerted police to two people hiding nearby, one of whom was bleeding. Police arrested 20-year-old Timothy E. Burks, who had a gunshot wound to his arm, and 19-year-old Christopher J. Watkins; both were charged with second-degree murder in relation to Rouse’s death.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the moments before or after it, please share what is known with investigators.