Philip E. Redmon, 41, was found shot to death on the evening of Monday, August 11, 2025, inside a North Portland motel along the 5200 block of North Interstate Avenue in the Overlook neighborhood. Officers had been dispatched around 7:50 p.m. for a welfare check and discovered the man, identified as Philip E. Redmon, deceased from a gunshot wound. The medical examiner later ruled the death a homicide by gunfire, and detectives from the Portland Police Bureau's Homicide Unit took over the
investigation. Redmon's family was notified and, while requesting privacy, provided a photograph for public release.
In the immediate aftermath, police said the shooter or shooters had left the scene before officers arrived, and they appealed for tips from anyone who might have seen or heard anything around the Super Value Inn that evening. Early coverage emphasized the uncertainty that hung over the case, with authorities urging the public to contact investigators and reference case number 25-217446.
A breakthrough came two weeks later. On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested 38-year-old Andy J. Wright in San Francisco in connection with the killing of Philip E. Redmon, 41. Officials reported that Wright was awaiting extradition and being held in California on charges of Murder in the Second Degree and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Police did not release further investigative details at that time, but the arrest ended the initial uncertainty over whether a suspect would be identified and taken into custody.
Community and memorial sites subsequently noted Philip E. Redmon, 41, as among those lost to gun violence in Portland on August 11, 2025, marking the date and place while the legal process moved forward following the arrest. The portrait offered by those listings sits alongside the official record of the motel scene, the medical examiner's determination, and the arrest announcement, together tracing a path from a quiet welfare check call to a homicide investigation and an accused suspect in custody.
