Brandon Lee Allen

On a summer afternoon in Portland, Oregon, the life of Brandon Lee Allen, a 33-year-old White/Caucasian male and father, was brought to a violent end. The shooting happened on Sunday, July 9, 2023, at approximately 4:25 p.m. in the city’s Centennial neighborhood. Officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of Southeast 174th Avenue, where they found that Allen had been fatally shot. Another person was also discovered at the scene with critical injuries. The medical examiner later confirmed that Allen’s death was a homicide caused by a gunshot wound.

In the immediate aftermath, detectives with the Portland Police Bureau's Homicide Unit began their investigation, but no arrests were made. Investigators appealed to the public for information, and Crime Stoppers of Oregon offered a cash reward of up to $2,500 for tips that led to an arrest. Hoping to generate leads, Allen’s grieving family provided photographs of him for public release.

A month later, on the morning of August 9, 2023, police had a breakthrough. While investigating a possibly stolen motorcycle near Southeast 122nd Avenue and Southeast Division Street, officers attempted to contact a man who then fled on foot. They apprehended him after a short pursuit and identified him as 24-year-old Kyle Duane Hague. Investigators connected Hague to the July shooting and arrested him.

Hague was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center and initially faced charges including second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, and first-degree assault. The case proceeded through the legal system, and on October 31, Hague, then 26 years old, pleaded guilty in a Multnomah County court to manslaughter with a firearm and second-degree attempted murder with a firearm. In November, he was sentenced to 230 months in prison, bringing the case to a close.