By Associated Press - Sunday, December 23, 2018

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police say the man found dead in a Portland motel was shot.

A housekeeper at a Motel 6 found the body Friday.

Police identified the man as 18-year-old Ian Olson of St. Helens.



The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office determine Olson died of “homicidal violence” from a gunshot wound.

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