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Joseph Peanut Littlejohn

Case from Portland, OR dated May 13, 1996

Victim Details

Joseph Peanut Littlejohn

Male

Black / African American

Portland

OR

1996-05-13

20

Joseph

Peanut Littlejohn

06/25/2026

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On the night of May 13, 1996, Joseph "Peanut" Littlejohn, a 20-year-old African-American man, was with an associate in the basement of a house on the 3800 block of NE 17th Avenue in Portland, Oregon. At around 10:20 p.m., the relative quiet of the evening was broken by the sound of gunfire. Shots were fired through a window of the basement, fatally wounding Littlejohn. He died at the scene, though his associate was not harmed in the incident.

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