On the evening of October 12, 2003, 22-year-old Cameron Brandice Ware was shot in front of his home in the 5800 block of Northeast 18th Avenue in Portland, Oregon. The shooting occurred about 8:45 p.m.; his mother, inside the house, heard multiple gunshots and found him on the porch near his vehicle. Emergency personnel took him to Emanuel Hospital, where he died from more than one gunshot wound according to the autopsy.

Cameron’s mother saw a man standing near her son immediately after the shooting. She described the witness as a dark-complexioned male in his early twenties, about 5 feet 3 inches with a medium build, wearing a tan hooded sweatshirt with some type of blue square shapes. That individual fled south on Northeast 18th Avenue when he noticed her. Neighbors reported hearing the shots and saw a medium-sized black two-door vehicle, possibly a Toyota, speeding north on Northeast 17th Avenue and not stopping at the intersection with Northeast Ainsworth.

No arrests had been announced as of early 2004, and the case remained one of several unsolved Portland homicides from 2003. If anyone saw that vehicle or remembers someone matching the described clothing or appearance in the neighborhood that night, please share what is known.