On the night of May 13, 1996, 20-year-old Joseph Peanut Littlejohn was shot and killed in the basement of a house on the 3800 block of NE 17th Avenue in Portland, Oregon. Shots were fired through a basement window at about 10:20 p.m.; Littlejohn was fatally wounded and died at the scene. An associate who was with him was not injured.

Witnesses reported seeing two unidentified African-American men, described as late teens to mid-twenties, fleeing the area after the shooting. Littlejohn was reported to have been a known member of the Crips gang. No arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved; the Portland Police Bureau Cold Case Homicide Unit is seeking tips and has offered a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest.

If anyone has information about Littlejohn, the men seen fleeing that night, or unusual activity on NE 17th Avenue around 10:20 p.m. on May 13, 1996, please contact the Cold Case Homicide Unit.