Man charged in connection with deadly shooting outside NW Portland pizza restaurant

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) – A 25-year-old man has been arrested in link with a taking pictures that killed a single man or woman and injured two some others outside a pizza cafe in northwest Portland last September.

Law enforcement mentioned Marshawn Edwards was arrested Monday and booked into the Multnomah County Jail on fees of next-diploma murder, next-degree tried murder, second-degree assault, and illegal use of a weapon.

The rates stem from a taking pictures that transpired on Sept. 24, 2021, outside the house Silver Dollar Pizza Co., found in the 500 block of Northwest 21st Avenue. Officers arrived to the scene just right before 2 a.m. and observed three guys who had been shot.

1 person, later on discovered as 34-12 months-previous Jacob Eli Knight-Vasquez, died at the scene. Detectives do not believe that Knight-Vasquez was the intended focus on.

FOX 12 spoke with a lady who lives around Silver Dollar Pizza Co. She states she heard about 15 to 20 photographs ring out, then saw four people jogging in the course of the bar shortly immediately after.

Man charged in connection with deadly shooting outside NW Portland pizza restaurant
Jacob Knight-Vasquez(Portland Law enforcement Bureau)

A pair months soon after the capturing, Knight-Vasquez’s sister remembered him for his vibrant identity and the particular bond they shared.

“He didn’t get in touch with me Wendy, he identified as me sissy. It was these an incredible really like. I just continue to keep replaying in my mind and hearing his voice calling me,” Wendy Vasquez-Osborn mentioned.

Police have not introduced any particulars about the investigation or how they recognized Edwards as the suspect.

The investigation is ongoing. Any person with info about the circumstance should really make contact with Detective Jason Koenig at [email protected] or 503-823-0889, or Detective William Winters at [email protected] or 503-823-0466.