Early on February 6, 1999, 20-year-old Hien Minh Pham was fatally stabbed after a late-night stop at the Taco Bell parking lot at 4933 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, Oregon. Pham had been with friends; the group split into two cars and Pham sat in the lead vehicle in the drive-thru. When a couple of Asian males began assaulting the driver of the car behind him, Pham got out to intervene and was suddenly surrounded by a larger group of six to seven Asian males. He was assaulted and stabbed, taken to a hospital, and later died of his injuries.

Witnesses described the suspects as Asian males, about 17 to 20 years old at the time, wearing red shirts and belts. They fled before police arrived, believed to have left in a light purple Honda Civic and a dark blue Honda Accord. Investigators followed leads including a possible gang connection, with Pham reported to have been an associate of an Asian gang and the attackers possibly from a rival group. No arrests have been announced and the homicide remains unsolved.

If anyone remembers that night, the vehicles, or those wearing red shirts and belts at that Taco Bell, please share what you know.