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Derreck Sherman

Case from Portland, OR dated Sep 03, 1983

Victim Details

Derreck Sher

November 3, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Portland

OR

1983-09-03

17

Derreck

Sherman

07/01/2026


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Who killed 17 year old Derreck Sherman in 1983?
Derreck Sherman, a 17-year-old African-American male, was crossing the parking lot of the Knickerbocker Motel on the 4700 block of North Interstate Avenue in Portland, Oregon, just after 3:10 a.m. on September 3, 1983, when a single sharp report cut through the night. Walking with an associate, he crumpled to the ground, bleeding from a gunshot wound. He was rushed to Emanuel Hospital and died shortly thereafter. Earlier that day he had played basketball, gone to a party, spent time downtown, an ...
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