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Do you know who murdered Winston Moton in 2004?
On the evening of January 31, 2004, a conversation on a Portland sidewalk turned deadly for Winston Moton, a 29-year-old African-American man. At approximately 7:37 p.m., while standing with several other men on Northwest Couch Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, an unidentified man abruptly ended their discussion with a fatal act of violence.
Without warning, one of the men in the group brandished a handgun and shot Moton, leaving him dead on the pavement. The sudden eruption of gunfire ...Read More
On the evening of January 31, 2004, a conversation on a Portland sidewalk turned deadly for Winston Moton, a 29-year-old African-American man. At approximately 7:37 p.m., while standing with several other men on Northwest Couch Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, an unidentified man abruptly ended their discussion with a fatal act of violence.
Without warning, one of the men in the group brandished a handgun and shot Moton, leaving him dead on the pavement. The sudden eruption of gunfire ...Read More
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Winston Moton
November 9, 2022
Male
African-American / Black
Portland
OR
2004-01-31
29
Winston
Moton
11/26/2025
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I’ve been following the Winston Moton case and can’t help but feel deeply for his family and fri... ...Read More
12/16/2023
12/16/2023
Hey everyone, I've been looking into the case of Winston Moton's tragic death, and something that's ... ...Read More
10/06/2023
10/06/2023
I’ve been following this case for a while now, and I keep thinking about the role that public coop... ...Read More
09/12/2023
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