Daniel Leon Bowers

On the early evening of March 5, 2022, police in Gresham, Oregon, responded to a call that ended in the tragic death of Daniel Leon Bowers. The 57-year-old White man was discovered just after 5:15 p.m. in the parking lot of an apartment complex on the 18000 block of Southeast Market Street. He was on the ground, suffering from a single gunshot wound to his torso. First responders rushed him to a local hospital, but he did not survive his injury.

Detectives from the Gresham Police Department and the East Multnomah County Major Crimes Team immediately began an investigation. They quickly identified 26-year-old Kyle Michael James Banry as the suspected shooter. According to authorities, Banry had fled the scene of the shooting.

A short time after the incident, Banry contacted the Portland Police Department and expressed his desire to turn himself in. He arranged to meet officers at the intersection of Southeast 122nd Avenue and Southeast Grant Street, where he surrendered and was taken into custody.

Banry was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center and charged with second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon. The case later concluded when Kyle Michael James Banry was sentenced to eight years in prison for the fatal shooting of Daniel Bowers. The case is now considered closed.