Multnomah County District Court Judge Christopher Ramras sentenced Joe Luna Roy to 70 months prison on a charge of Assault in the Second Degree. Roy was involved in an incident that led to the shooting of Jose Cano on April 17, 2023.
Deputy District Attorney Eric Palmer prosecuted the case for the state. He said key information on Roy, who handed the gun to the shooter, came in from an anonymous emailer.
He said “We were fortunate to get a lead on the identity of the shooter in this case fairly early on, then further investigation to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that it was him. But we were still, it felt, left at a dead end as to the identity of the person who passed the gun to that shooter. And if it were not for this anonymous person that sent us this information, we wouldn’t be here today. I think this case is proof that justice for victims sometimes depends on just one person coming forward. I know there are people out there right now that have information on other cases. It might not feel like much to them to type out an email or make a quick phone call, but it means everything to these victims.”
(Anyone with information on other cases is encouraged to call the DA’s office at 503-988-3162.)
The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office would like to thank Detectives Brian Dale and Ty Garrison for their outstanding work. We’d also like to acknowledge the hard work of MCDA Victim Advocate Suzanne Rapagnani for her kind and compassionate care for the victims of this case.
THE FACTS:
On April 17, 2023, at around 4:30am, police were sent to a report of a shooting near the intersection of NE Caruthers St. and NE 124th Avenue in Portland, Oregon. When they arrived at the scene, they found victim Jose Cano had been shot and was laying on the ground at SE 124th Ave. He was shot in the chest. Mr. Cano remained hospitalized for several weeks and was given a five percent chance of survival by his treating physicians.
Mr. Cano’s stepson told officers Mr. Cano had confronted two individuals whom he had seen breaking into the stepson’s parked vehicle, a silver Hyundai Elantra.
The stepson stated that Cano confronted the car prowlers with a baseball bat and that one of the two individuals shot Cano with a firearm. Part of the altercation was captured on a doorbell camera.
After the anonymous tip came in, police tracked down Roy and questioned him about the shooting. After he was shown the video, he confessed that he had handed the gun to the shooter Nathan Isenberg.
Nathan Darren Isenberg was prosecuted and took his case to trial. Mr. Isenberg was convicted on December 6, 2024 of Attempted Murder, Assault in the First Degree, Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree and Unlawful Entry into a Motor Vehicle. He was sentenced to nine years, five months in prison (114 months).