On the afternoon of Thursday, September 28, 2000, Darius Mendel Martin and his father, Myron Dean Govan, were standing by a vehicle outside a relative’s home in the 4700 block of N. Congress Avenue in Portland when an unknown man suddenly approached and opened fire around 3:15 p.m. Myron Govan was killed at the scene; Darius Martin was critically wounded, taken to Emanuel Hospital, and died a few hours later.

Multiple witnesses provided a description of the shooter: an African-American male believed to be in his twenties, about 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet tall, weighing roughly 180 to 200 pounds. He was reported to be wearing gloves and to have either short afro-style hair or hair pulled back. A possible getaway vehicle was described as a two-tone silver over dark blue Chevrolet Astro van, likely a 1985–1987 model. Despite witnesses, the gunman escaped and has never been identified or apprehended.

The killings remain an unsolved homicide. If anyone has information about the shooter, the motive, or the vehicle seen that afternoon, please come forward.