Emergency vehicles surround Samuel’s Bar & Grill in Portland on July 31 after a shooting that killed a woman and injured three men. Daniel Kool/Staff Writer

The homicide victim in last week’s Forest Avenue shooting, which sent three others to the hospital, is being remembered by friends as a loving grandmother and cherished member of Portland’s restaurant and bar community.

Susan McHugh, of Gray, grew close to that scene while her husband worked as a bouncer at Fore Play Sports Pub and a few bars downtown, said McHugh’s friend Rochelle Albert. Albert said McHugh often joined her husband at work and always made others feel important.

“There was not a bad bone in this woman’s body,” Albert said. “She was just such an amazing woman. I never thought I would lose someone to a tragedy like this or in this way. It feels very tragic and it feels a little unfair.”

McHugh, 54, was transported after the shooting to Maine Medical Center, where she succumbed to her injuries, Portland police said. Following an autopsy, her death was ruled a homicide.

Her former neighbor Nicole Barter, 43, said McHugh was proud to buy her first house. Barter said she helped maintain McHugh’s garden, which was ripe with perennial plants and vegetables.

Barter said she often saw McHugh playing in the yard and swimming in the pool with her grandchildren.

“What really sticks with me is how much she loved her family,” Barter said. “She was all about family.”

In addition to McHugh, three others were taken to the hospital with injuries after the incident.

Police said Tuesday that the other victims were all males but did not provide personal details, including their names, potential relationships to McHugh or one another, or the nature of their injuries.

The other victims included a 45-year-old from New Hampshire, who was released from the hospital the night of the shooting; a 48-year-old from Yarmouth, who was recently released from the hospital; and a 51-year-old from Gray, who remains hospitalized, police said in a news release.

Brad Nadeau, a spokesperson for the department, declined to comment on the condition of the man who is still hospitalized. He said in an email that police will not be sharing further updates beyond the statement released Tuesday night but will “continue to release information when/if the investigation allows.”

Police have not made any arrests, and “the investigation remains very active with investigators executing multiple search warrants,” according to Tuesday’s statement. Police searched a house in Gray in connection with the shooting on Friday but did not provide details of the search.

Police have remained tight-lipped in the days since the shooting, despite pressure from the media and the public to provide details.

“We have released very little information and realize the anxiety that this has caused the public. The decision to withhold the release of information is not taken lightly,” Chief Mark Dubois said in the statement Tuesday. “We release information after consultation with the investigating detectives and prosecutors with the attorney general’s office. The decision is made after weighing several factors and is a collaboration between everyone involved.”

Dubois said there are more than a dozen investigators working solely on investigating the shooting.