Shortly after 2:00 a.m. on May 10, 1994, Lashone Lawson, a 26-year-old African-American man, was killed during a violent home invasion at his second-story apartment on North Tyler Avenue in Portland, Oregon. Four men wearing balaclava-style masks and gloves forced their way into the apartment while Lawson was there with his wife and infant daughter. The intruders demanded money, struck Lawson repeatedly, and one of them shot him in front of his wife. He fell from the apartment window into the side yard and later died of his injuries.

Lawson was unemployed at the time; reports say he may have dealt small amounts of drugs and had ties to people in gang culture. The suspects were described as four African-American males in their late teens to early twenties, but the masks prevented positive identification. No arrests have been made and the case is considered cold. If anyone has information about that early-morning invasion or the four men involved, please come forward.