August 14, 2025

Four teens stabbed at Saturday morning rave in Portland

Portland police say

four teens were stabbed

at an early morning rave along the Eastbank Esplanade in Southeast Portland

on Saturday

. They arrested a 19-year-old on suspicion of assault.

Officers say several fights broke out near the riverfront at Southeast Salmon Street where hundreds attended a pop-up outdoor rave. Police responded to a call about a stabbing at the party around 3:30 a.m. and found four people with knife wounds: three men in their late teens and one teenage boy. Two had serious injuries that were not life-threatening, police said, and the other two had minor wounds.

Officers arrested one of the injured men, Peter Chalukian of Hillsboro, in connection with the stabbings. He is detained at the Multnomah County Detention Center on suspicion of assault and unlawful use of a weapon.

Portland police are looking for more information about the stabbings and have asked anyone who witnessed or recorded video of the incident to email

crimetips@police.portlandoregon.gov

and reference case number 25-192630.

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