In the early morning hours of June 20, 1991, gunfire broke the quiet in a Northeast Portland neighborhood. At about 12:40 a.m., a passerby heard the shots; minutes later the body of Arthur Moore, a 37-year-old African-American man, was found on the sidewalk at NE 6th and Emerson. An autopsy confirmed Moore died of a gunshot wound.

Investigators noted Moore was a known drug user and may have been selling drugs to support his habit, a detail that offered a possible but broad motive. A witness reported seeing a white man driving an older-model white 4-door Volvo heading eastbound shortly after the shots. No arrests were ever made and no suspect was formally identified.

The case remains an unsolved homicide. If anyone remembers the night of June 20, 1991, the older white Volvo, or has information about Arthur Moore’s activities in that area, please come forward.