Lents stabbing was self-inflicted, police say

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – A man who died from stab wounds in the Lents neighborhood on Friday was ruled a suicide, the Portland Police Bureau announced Sunday.

On Friday, police responded to 7600 block of Southeast 98th Avenue just after 7 p.m. on reports of a body. After arriving at the scene, officers found a man outside of a home with apparent stab wounds, PPB says.

Following an investigation of evidence, an autopsy and interviews with witnesses, police said they determined the injuries were self-inflicted, and the man’s death was ruled suicide by knife.

No further information will be released, police said.