Shooting Suspect Arrested by PPB Detectives, Charged with Attempted Murder

On Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 8:18 p.m., Portland Police Officers assigned to East Precinct, the Focused Intervention Team, and the K9 Unit responded to a report of a shooting in the 3500 block of Southeast 157^th Avenue. When officers arrived, they located an adult male victim in a parking lot with a serious gunshot wounds. Officers performed trauma first aid on the victim until EMS arrived. The victim was transported to the hospital by ambulance. He remains hospitalized, but his injuries do not appear to be life threatening.

The Enhanced Community Safety Team (ECST) responded to the scene to investigate the shooting and has been investigating the case in the weeks since. The work of ECST detectives led them to identify a suspect, Michael Anthony Howard, Jr., 43, of Portland.

Last night, Thursday, October 30, 2025 at about 9:00 p.m., ECST Detectives, assisted by the Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT), the Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT), and the Air Support Unit (ASU), served a search warrant in the Hazelwood Neighborhood. Howard was safely arrested and later booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC) on an arrest warrant for Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, Assault in the First Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Possession of a Loaded Firearm in Public (city code), and Discharging a Firearm in the City (city code).

During the execution of the search warrant, a handgun was located and seized as evidence (photo).

The case remains under investigation. If anyone has information about this case and has not spoken to police, please e-mail [email protected] attn: ECST and reference case number 25-285129.

To view trends in shooting statistics, see our open data portal here. PPB's Gun Violence Trends Report shows a 47% decrease in shootings this year-to-date in comparison to the previous 3 years-to-date average.

The Bureau's Focused Intervention Team (FIT) and Enhanced Community Safety Team (ECST) work in partnership with the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) on a focused deterrence strategy to reduce gun violence called Portland Ceasefire. This citywide strategy centers on collaboration among Portland's Community Safety Division and Office of Violence Prevention, City leaders, the Portland Police Bureau, and community groups.More information about Portland Ceasefire is available here. The Focused Intervention Team (FIT) is composed of a Lieutenant, Sergeants and Officers who were selected to be a part of this specialty unit tasked with helping address gun violence in the city. In between emergency calls, FIT builds relationships with community members and proactively deters violence consistent with their mandate. FIT is overseen by a group of community volunteers known as the Focused Intervention Team Community Oversight Group, or FITCOG. The FITCOG commenced in June 2021 in response to the gun violence crisis in Portland to work with the Focused Intervention Team (FIT) and assist with recommendations to reduce gun violence through prevention, intervention, and response. For more information, see their website. FIT also collaborates with ECST, a team of Sergeants, Detectives, and Officers, which focuses on investigating shootings.FIT and ECST consider all gunfire aimed at Portland community members to be attempted murder cases. Eyewitnesses or video evidence are crucial in solving these cases and these crime victims need people to come forward with any information. If anyone has information about any shooting case, please contact [email protected] can be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers of Oregon. Anyone wishing to submit a secure and anonymous tip regarding any unsolved felony crime should visit their website or visit the App Store and download P3 Tips for your mobile device.Crime Stoppers of Oregon offers cash rewards of up to $2,500 cash for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in any unsolved felony crime and tipsters remain anonymous.Crime Stoppers of Oregon is funded 100% by community donations. To support Crime Stoppers with a donation, or to view other unsolved cases, please visit their website .

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