A man was fatally shot on a TriMet bus in Southeast Portland near 26th Avenue and Hawthorne Boulevard early Sunday evening, police said.
Officers responded to the area just before 5:30 p.m. and found a man who had been shot. The victim was taken to a hospital where he died from his wounds, police said.
The incident marks the second homicide in as many days in the city.
On Saturday, a man was found dead after what appeared to be a shooting near Gilbert Heights Elementary School in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood.
A reporter for The Oregonian/OregonLive reported police cruisers taped off part of Hawthorne next to the Safeway on the boulevard’s 2800 block.
Homicide detectives are investigating the incident. Police haven’t made an arrest, spokesperson Sgt. Kevin Allen said.
Sunday’s incident marks the 56th homicide in Portland this year, which makes 2021 the city’s deadliest year since 1994, when 55 people were killed.
This year’s tally, which includes two fatal shootings by police, puts the city on track to shatter its previous record of 70 homicides in 1987.
TriMet spokesperson Tia York said the agency is providing the police bureau with security footage from Sunday’s incident.
“Our thoughts go out to the loved ones of the person who died, as well as to our operator and the people who were on board the bus at the time of the incident,” she wrote.
Mike Rogoway of The Oregonian/OregonLive contributed to this report.
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