On the night of September 10, 1995, 16-year-old Kenneth Wilson, an African-American male, was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Best Western Hotel near North Weidler and Williams Avenue in Portland, Oregon. Around 11:50 p.m. Wilson had been in the backseat of a friend’s car after an argument involving that friend and two other unidentified African-American men. One of those men opened fire on the vehicle; a bullet struck Wilson. The driver raced to a nearby hospital, but Wilson was pronounced dead.

Witnesses described the shooter as an African-American man about 18 to 19 years old, very light in complexion, roughly 5 feet 9 inches tall, slender, with short black hair. Wilson was reported to have been a member of the Crips. No arrests have been made and the two men who confronted them, including the shooter, remain unidentified. The police cold case unit is seeking information and Crime Stoppers of Oregon offers a reward for tips that lead to an arrest.

Did anyone who was in that area that night or who knew Kenneth and his acquaintances see or hear anything that could help identify the two men involved?