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Kimberly Venegas-Gonzalez

Age : 21

Gender : Female

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 08/10/2025

Location : Southeast 170th Avenue and Southeast Division Street (SE Portland)

City : Portland

County : Multnomah

State : Oregon

Agency : Portland Police Bureau

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed during a standoff involving a barricaded individual

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/10/2025, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Portland Police Bureau officers responded to a residence in the 2000 block of Southeast 170th Avenue after 20-year-old Leonel Macias called 911 and reported that a woman was dead inside the home. When officers arrived, police determined that Macias remained barricaded inside the residence and was likely armed. PPB summoned its Special Emergency Reaction Team and Crisis Negotiation Team.
Because police believed a dead or injured person remained inside with an armed man, SERT officers breached the front door while Macias remained barricaded elsewhere in the residence. Tactical officers located 21-year-old Kimberly Venegas-Gonzalez inside, removed her from the home and pronounced her dead. Macias remained barricaded after police recovered Venegas-Gonzalez.
Police spent approximately two hours attempting to persuade Macias to surrender. Shortly before 9:00 p.m., Macias exited the residence and officers took him into custody. Police transported him to a hospital for medical treatment and recovered a firearm from the residence. After his release from the hospital, officers booked Macias into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon in connection with Venegas-Gonzalez's death.
The Multnomah County Medical Examiner determined that Venegas-Gonzalez died from a gunshot wound. The Medical Examiner initially listed the manner of death as undetermined while Portland Police homicide detectives continued investigating. PPB publicly identified Venegas-Gonzalez on 08/13/2025 after notifying her family.
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https://www.kptv.com/2025/08/13/victim-identified-deadly-se-portland-standoff/
https://katu.com/news/local/man-barricades-himself-after-reporting-womans-death-in-portland-home-standoff-southeast-170th-avenue-east-precinct
https://hoodline.com/2025/08/southeast-portland-standoff-leads-to-homicide-investigation-after-woman-found-deceased/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/welfare-check-brings-heavy-police-031214338.html