Car of Rene Gonzalez’s parents torched outside Portland commissioner’s home

A white honda sedan with a blue tarp over the back half of it and a burned area in its driver's side rear corner

Portland police said a car belonging to a family member of City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez was intentionally set on fire outside Gonzalez's home in Southeast Portland overnight Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.Dave Killen / The Oregonian

An arson investigation is underway after someone set a car on fire belonging to Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez’s parents that had been parked in front of his home in Southeast Portland’s Eastmoreland neighborhood, police said.

No one was injured in the fire, which was set early Friday, police said.

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