Jamil Edward Myrick was 16 when he was shot dead in the early morning hours of June 14, 1997. Officers answered reports of a shooting about 1:42 a.m. near NE Alberta Street and NE 23rd Avenue in Portland, Oregon, and found Jamil with a fatal gunshot wound.

Witnesses described two vehicles seen just before and immediately after the shooting: an older, ragged white four-door sedan that was seen speeding north on 23rd Avenue right after the incident, and a dark Chevrolet Blazer or GMC Jimmy, blue or black with tinted windows. A witness also reported seeing an African-American male seated in the driver’s-side back seat of that SUV shortly before shots were fired.

No arrests have been made and the case remains unsolved. The Portland Police Bureau Cold Case Unit is asking anyone who remembers those vehicles, the people in them, or any other detail from that night to come forward with information.