Several cities are no doubt hoping to leave their surging homicides in 2021 as the new year begins. If that is the hope for Portland, it is off to a rough start.

Portland saw its first two homicides of 2022 just hours into the new year. Those victims have now been identified as Andre Foster and his nephew Quayan Foster. A third person was also shot but is expected to survive. The next day, another person was shot and killed in the city.