According to new details from the Portland Police Bureau, Trent witnessed the robbery and tried to stop it. “People trying to act as heroes do not need to have their lives ended in a senseless act,” said Christina, a Hazelwood resident. According to Portland police, his death is now being investigated as a homicide.

Portland police have identified the man whose “suspicious death” at the Gateway Fred Meyer on Monday is now considered a homicide, according to investigators. Read online:

Portland Police investigators have launched a homicide investigation following a suspicious death case at a Northeast Portland Fred Meyer store.