No Injuries in Shooting at Dawson Park, PPB Investigating

PPB has received concerned messages from community members about this shooting, prompting this community notice. On Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 4:10 p.m., Portland Police officers from North Precinct and the Focused Intervention Team (FIT) responded to reports of shots fired near Dawson Park, 2949 North Williams Avenue, in the Eliot Neighborhood. When they arrived, they found evidence of gunfire, including ammunition casings in the street and bullet strikes to the picnic shelter on the west side.

Preliminary information suggests that the shots came from a passing vehicle, and the target of the shooter or shooters is unknown.

If anyone has information about this case, please e-mail [email protected] and reference case number 25-264820.

To view trends in shooting statistics, see our open data portal here. PPB's Gun Violence Trends Report shows a 46% 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, two Sergeants and 12 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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