Family of St. Helens man gunned down in Portland still searching for answers 4 years later
Larry Van Dolah Jr. was shot and killed near Menlo Park Elementary in Northeast Portland on April 15, 2017.
Author: Mike Benner
Updated: 11:14 PM PDT April 15, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. — Memories of Larry Van Dolah Jr. are what get his mother through each day.
"He'd help out whoever he could help out," June Amick said. "He was loving. He had this big, huge smile."
Amick has not seen that smile since April 15, 2017. That is the day Larry was killed.
"It's just hard," Amick said. "I don't know how to explain it."