On the evening of May 18, 1978, 35-year-old Michael Clune was shot and killed in downtown Portland, Oregon, near SW 10th and Alder Street. Witnesses said Clune had been following and verbally confronting an unidentified man, reportedly demanding that the man return a bottle. The confrontation escalated when the man turned and fatally shot Clune, then fled west on Alder Street and north on SW 11th Avenue.

Clune was described as transient and as someone who could be aggressive when intoxicated; he had recently been on parole for a robbery in Texas. The suspect was described by witnesses as an older white man, about 60 years old, with gray, shoulder-length hair, roughly 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 165 to 175 pounds. The case remains unsolved and the Portland Police Cold Case Unit is asking for new leads.

Did anyone who lived or worked downtown Portland in 1978 see this man or remember the events around SW 10th and Alder that night?