On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 1:30a.m., East Precinct officers responded to a report of a shooting outside of a bar in the 5000 block of Southeast 82nd Avenue. The sergeant and arriving officers found an adult male victim with serious gunshot wounds. The officers performed trauma first aid until Portland Fire & Rescue and AMR paramedics arrived to provide advanced care. The victim was transported to the hospital by ambulance. He is expected to survive.
It was reported that the first to respond was a sergeant who was in the area and arrived at the call about 1 minute. The Enhanced Community Safety Team (ECST) investigated the case and developed information about the suspect who was involved in the incident that led to the shooting. An arrest was made. ECST Detectives made one arrest and seized multiple firearms and body armor. Cody M. Ochs, 32, was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
According to police, there were 1,297 reported shootings in 2022. In Portland, police officers shot at nine people in 2022, killing four and injuring three. A fifth person was killed in Portland by a Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputy after a car chase that ended in the city limits.
Statewide, the number of police shootings increased by five since 2021, while Portland police killed the same number of people. The nation’s homicide rate appears to have dropped by as much as 5% in 2022, according to criminal justice data firm AH Datalytics. Whether the dip is a statistical aberration in an otherwise upward trajectory or if two years of increasing homicides are finally abating may not be clear for several years to come. Still, that shift wasn’t present in Portland, where homicides have stubbornly continued to increase.
The investigation is continuing. 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 can remain anonymous. People can submit a secure and anonymous tip regarding any unsolved felony crime. Crime Stoppers of Oregon is funded 100 percent by community donations.
