Man arrested in 2023 Portland homicide extradited from Nevada

The 31-year-old man booked into the Multnomah County jail this week in connection with a 2023 homicide was extradited from Nevada, police said.

Amel Johnson was in the Nye County Jail, in Carson City, Nevada, when he was indicted in 2024 in the previous year’s killing of Marlan Johnson, 24.

Marlan Johnson was shot dead in the street near Northeast 6th Avenue and Holladay Street in Portland’s Lloyd District, police said. His father told The Oregonian/OregonLive that he believed the killing was gang-related…

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