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Sheriff’s office: Man fatally shoots 2 people, self near Portland

By Associated Press
Published: November 17, 2022, 7:09pm

PORTLAND — A man fatally shot two people and then himself at a home southwest of Portland on Wednesday, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

Around 8 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a domestic disturbance in an area of unincorporated Washington County, KGW reported.

Deputies said they found two people outside the home who had died. Deputies said they also found 46-year-old Carlos Jimenez-Vargas outside, who appeared to have shot himself. Jimenez-Vargas was taken to a hospital, where he later died.

Detectives have learned that Jimenez-Vargas shot both people during an argument before killing himself, according to the Sheriff’s Office. No other information was released. An investigation is ongoing.

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