Police ID Gresham man, 31, fatally shot in SE Portland

Photo of Wade Langford. He is a  man wearing a suit and smiling at the camera.

Portland police identified Wade Langford, 31, as the man fatally shot Jan. 25, 2024, in Southeast Portland.Portland Police Bureau

Portland police identified Wade A. Langford, 31, of Gresham as the man fatally shot in a parking lot in an industrial area of Southeast Portland Thursday night.

Officers responded to Southeast Salmon Street and Water Avenue to complete a welfare check shortly before 10 p.m. and found Langford dead, police said.

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