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Kenneth Wilson

Case from Portland, OR dated Sep 10, 1995

Victim Details

Kenneth Wilson

November 7, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Portland

OR

1995-09-10

16

Kenneth

Wilson

07/12/2026


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Who killed 16 year old Kenneth Wilson in 1995?
On a late summer evening in Portland, Oregon, the sounds of a party at the Best Western Hotel near the intersection of North Weidler and Williams Avenue were shattered by gunfire. It was September 10, 1995, and for 16-year-old Kenneth Wilson, an African-American male, it would be his last night. Just before midnight, at approximately 11:50 p.m., Wilson was in the hotel's adjacent parking lot with a friend. An argument had broken out between them and two other unidentified African-American men.
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  • KENNETH WILSON | Portland.gov
  • Kenneth Wilson Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information

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    I've been thinking a lot about the role that Kenneth's alleged gang ties might have played in this t... ...Read More
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    Has anyone else been looking into the friends Kenneth was with that night? I’ve been thinking a lo... ...Read More
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