On December 31, 2019, 23-year-old Joshua Dean Cermack was found dead in the driver’s seat of his Dodge pickup in Gresham, Oregon after a shooting. Gresham Police determined Cermack had been shot and died at the scene; a man who had been with him was wounded and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The investigation identified and led to the arrest of two teenagers, named Evans and Cadle, who were charged with first-degree murder in connection with Cermack’s death. Prosecutors pursued the case; on March 12, 2021, one of the teens was sentenced to 216 months in prison for their role in the homicide.

Friends and community members remembered Cermack warmly after his death. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Joshua, please come forward and share what you know.