On the evening of June 23, 2023, 24-year-old Marlan Johnson, a Black man, was fatally shot in Portland’s Lloyd District near Northeast 6th Avenue and Northeast Holladay Street. Officers from the North Precinct found him with gunshot wounds around 9:47 p.m.; they provided trauma first aid but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound and the manner homicide.

The suspect or suspects had fled before police arrived and no immediate arrests were made. The Portland Police Homicide Unit opened an investigation and worked to identify a person of interest.

Anyone who was in the Lloyd District that night or who has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.