On October 12, 2003, at about 8:45 p.m., 22-year-old Cameron Brandice Ware of Portland was fatally shot while standing outside his car in the driveway of his mother’s house on the 5800 block of NE 18th Avenue. Neighbors reported hearing five to eight gunshots. Ware’s mother, who ran to the porch after hearing the shots, found him on the ground and saw a suspect fleeing the scene.

The suspect was described as a dark-complected male in his early 20s, about 5 feet 3 inches with a medium build, wearing a tan hooded sweatshirt with blue square shapes. Witnesses on NE 17th Avenue also reported a medium-sized black two-door vehicle, possibly a Toyota, speeding away northbound on NE 17th without stopping at the NE Ainsworth stop sign. Ware was taken to Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center and died of multiple gunshot wounds.

No arrests have been announced and the Portland Police Bureau classifies the case as a cold case. The Cold Case Homicide Unit is offering up to $2,500 for tips; anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers of Oregon. If anyone has information about that night, please contact the investigators.