PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Police officers are investigating five separate shootings over the weekend, two of which were deadly.

On Saturday and Sunday, officers responded to five separate shootings that resulted in the deaths of two men and four other injuries. Police said there's no reason to believe any of them are related.

Officials said they are working to make arrests in the violent crimes.

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On Monday, Portland Police Chief Bob Day spoke with reporters about the violent weekend in the city, also touching on crashes on city roadways over the Halloween weekend.

"Sadly, over the last few weeks, we have experienced some tragedies and loss of life," Day said. "Any loss of life, regardless of the circumstance, is a tragedy for us as a community."

The first incident happened shortly after midnight on Saturday morning. At about 12:33 a.m., officers responded to Southeast Ramona Street, just north of 92nd & Foster, and found one man hurt after a shooting.

Four incidents occurred on Sunday in Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, and North Portland.

Two people were wounded in a shooting in Portland’s Pearl District. The gunfire was reported at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday near Northwest 9th Avenue and Couch Street.

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About two hours later, homicide investigators said a man was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound in a parking lot in the 300 block of Southwest 3rd Avenue, near Oak Street.

And a little before 10 p.m. on Sunday night, officers were called out to another shooting investigation on North Whitaker Road. First responders tried to help a man with a gunshot wound, but he died at the scene.

Then, just before midnight, officers found a 19-year-old man hurt after a shooting at a home on Northeast Thompson Court. Police told KATU the home was being rented on AirBNB "where teenagers were having a party." The injuries to the man were non-life-threatening, according to PPB.

Chief Day said all of those shootings are under investigation, and commented on how the bureau takes all violent events such as these seriously.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the police via email at crimetips@police.portlandoregon.gov.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers of Oregon, which offers cash rewards of up to $2,500 for information leading to an arrest in unsolved felony crimes.

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Although those violent incidents occurred on the same weekend, data from the Major Cities Chiefs Association's Midyear Violent Crime Report shows that Portland recorded the steepest drop in violent crime among all 68 participating U.S. agencies during the first half of this year.

Day echoed the progress in curbing the city's gun violence on Monday. He said that after the weekend incidents, the number of homicides in Portland rose to 41. He said that is a more-than-30% drop from the 62 homicides Portland had seen by the same point in 2024.

"One of our primary goals in the police bureau is to reduce crime and the fear of crime. Although the numbers indicate we are reducing crime, we continue to recognize the legitimacy of the fear of crime. And that's what many people in these neighborhoods rightfully so experienced."

Day promised the individuals and families impacted by the weekend violence that the bureau will thoroughly investigate each case.

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"Our arrest numbers around homicide this year are at an all-time high," Day said.