Man dead after assault along Portland’s Eastbank Esplanade

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A man was killed on the Eastbank Esplanade early Friday, March 22, 2024, police said. File photo

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A man died early Friday morning after an attack on Portland’s Eastbank Esplanade, police said.

Portland Police Bureau officers responded to an assault call on the esplanade around 4:26 a.m. and found the victim, “believed to be an adult male,” dead. Officers detained a suspect and took the person to a hospital.

The killing is the second on the Portland waterfront in a week, following Fernando Luis Aguirre’s stabbing death March 15.

Police ask anyone with information about the Friday attack to contact Detective Meghan Burkeen at Meghan.Burkeen@police.portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-2092 or Detective Brian Sims at Brian.Sims@police.portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-2079

— Fedor Zarkhin is a breaking news and enterprise reporter with a focus on crime. Reach him at 971-373-2905; fzarkhin@oregonian.

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