Area around Portland’s ‘deadliest block’ records a 6th homicide since 2021

Madison South neighborhood in Portland

A Portland police officer examines the contents of a stolen vehicle that contained a firearm near Madison Suites property in April 2022. Beth Nakamura/StaffThe Oregonian

The man shot to death late Saturday along Portland’s Northeast 82nd Avenue was the sixth person to die in the vicinity of the Madison Suites motel since August 2021.

The Oregonian/OregonLive chronicled the violence surrounding Madison Suites in July 2022 after four nearby homicides, dubbing the 8200 block of Northeast Milton just south of the motel Portland’s “deadliest.”

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