Salem park shooting prompts new worry about local gangs
The police tape had hardly come down when the question emerged whether the fatal shooting at Bush’s Pasture Park represented yet more gang violence in Salem.
The March 7 crime had certain markers of gang involvement.
It involved teenage boys, in a confrontation, escalating into gunfire that killed one, hospitalized two others and landed one in handcuffs.
So far, the Salem Police Department and the Marion County District Attorney’s Office haven’t revealed any findings of what…
