Missing Portland State University student Kevin Ping was found dead Thursday evening in McMinnville, according to Beaverton Police.

The 21-year-old's family and friends had scheduled a weekend search for him before his body was discovered. Beaverton police say the death was a suicide.

Ping's friend called police on Oct. 29 concerned that Ping may hurt himself. He had left his Southwest Wallingford Way home in Beaverton about 9 a.m. on Oct. 28. He was last heard from hours later when he sent his mother a text message saying he loved her, according to a police report.

-- Rebecca Woolington