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Police: Homicide ruled in man’s death in Portland

The Columbian
Published: June 3, 2011, 5:00pm

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police have ruled the death of a man in the city’s northeast Woodland neighborhood as homicide.

Police say that officers responded at around 4 a.m. Saturday to reports of several gunshots in the neighborhood. When officers arrived they located the man down in the street. He was declared dead soon after.

A witness told police a gunman was seen running down the street after the shooting.

Police are investigating. They say they don’t know if it’s gang-related or if it’s related two other overnight shootings.

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