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Number of Black Portlanders killed in 2025 falls sharply as homicides decline overall
Number of Black Portlanders killed in 2025 falls sharply as homicides decline overall
Number of Black Portlanders killed in 2025 falls sharply as homicides decline overall

Published on: 02/02/2026

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Eight of Portland's 51 homicide victims in 2025. Clockwise from top left, Santi Ram Rai, killed Dec. 9; Kevin Cooper, died Nov. 12; Kylan Talbert, killed Nov. 21; Hassani Abdi Musa, killed Sept. 9; Brandon Sotelo, killed March 3; Cedrell Washington, killed March 3; Shaudè Leigh Hutchison, killed March 4; Brianne Pardue, killed March 17.

Homicides of Black Portlanders plunged in 2025 even more steeply than an overall decline in killings, falling to numbers not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/02/number-of-black-portlanders-killed-in-2025-falls-sharply-as-homicides-decline-overall.html

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