Portland police have arrested a 34-year-old man on an attempted murder charge in the Old Town shooting that left a man fighting for his life on a Northwest Naito Parkway walkway late Tuesday night. The arrest, in the early hours of Saturday, November 14, is the first announced in the case, which Portland's Homicide Unit has been investigating since the shooting on November 10.
Source: Portland Police Bureau
Police identified the suspect as Kurtis M. DeTemple, 34, of Portland. He was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, Assault in the First Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The charges are allegations; they have not been proven in court. The victim remains in hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
The night of the shooting
On Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 11:19 p.m., officers from Portland's Central Precinct responded to a report of a shooting in the 800 block of Northwest Naito Parkway, in the Old Town neighbourhood along the downtown waterfront. When they arrived, officers found a critically injured adult man on a walkway. Paramedics took him to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The suspect or suspects had left the scene before police arrived, and no arrests were made that night. Because of the severity of the victim's injuries, the Portland Police Detective Division's Homicide Unit responded and took over the investigation. Naito Parkway was closed overnight between the Steel and Broadway bridges while detectives worked, and reopened at about 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday, according to local radio reporting of the closure.
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How the arrest was made
Since the shooting, Homicide Unit detectives evaluated evidence, interviewed witnesses and followed up on leads, police said. That work led them to identify DeTemple as a suspect, and detectives worked with the Multnomah County District Attorney's office on the case. The District Attorney's office applied for an arrest warrant, and a circuit court judge signed it.
On Saturday, November 14, 2026, at about 3:00 a.m., DeTemple was contacted and arrested in Clackamas County by the Gladstone and Oregon City police departments. He was transferred to Portland Police Bureau detectives, who booked him into the Multnomah County Detention Center on the four charges listed above.
What happens next
DeTemple will now face the court process in Multnomah County on the attempted murder and assault charges, while detectives continue to investigate the shooting itself. Police have not released the victim's name, and on Saturday they said only that he remains in hospital with life-threatening injuries. The outcome of the criminal case will depend on evidence that has not yet been made public, and DeTemple is presumed innocent unless and until the charges are proven.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Portland police homicide investigators at homicidetips@police.portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-0479, referencing case number 26-327027.
Old Town, on Portland's downtown waterfront, has been a focus of city concern over street safety and gun violence. A shooting on one of its main waterfront walkways — and an arrest four days later in a neighbouring county — will keep attention on how quickly investigators can close cases like this one. Awaaz Punjab will update this story as court proceedings begin and if police release further information about the victim's condition.