In the early morning hours of November 19, 2022, 30-year-old Imueal Jaquez Ny Clark-johnson, known to his family as Manny, was shot and killed by a Portland police officer. Police had responded after midnight to a reported armed robbery in Southeast Portland; the robbery victim described the suspects as three to four white men. At 12:24 a.m. officers later spotted a vehicle they believed matched a vague description and followed it to a church parking lot in the 2900 block of Southeast Steele Street.

Clark-johnson was the driver. He exited the car and ran; at 12:41 a.m. Officer Christopher Sathoff, a 4-year bureau veteran, shot Clark-johnson in the back with an AR-15 rifle. It was later confirmed that Clark-johnson and the other vehicle occupants were not involved in the armed robbery. Clark-johnson was taken to a hospital by ambulance and died of the single gunshot wound.

A grand jury reviewed the evidence and declined to bring criminal charges against Officer Sathoff. The family filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging excessive force and delay in medical aid. What did readers in Southeast Portland see or hear that night that might help clarify the sequence of events?