On the evening of November 9, 1992, John Johnson, a 25-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot during a home invasion at 853 N. Prescott Street in Portland, Oregon. Three men, described in the report as unknown, went to the house around 6:20 p.m. under the pretense of wanting to buy drugs. Once inside they produced weapons and demanded money; when those demands were not met they opened fire. Two young children in the home witnessed the shooting.

Johnson was later reported to have been selling marijuana at the time of the invasion. After the shooting the three assailants fled and were not immediately identified. No arrests have been announced and the case remains an unsolved homicide in the city’s records.

If anyone knew John Johnson, saw activity near North Prescott Street on November 9, 1992, or has information about the three men who entered the home, please come forward with what you know.