Grand jury finds officer justified in shooting, wounding man in West Salem

Oregon State Police are investigating a Salem police shooting of a kidnapping suspect on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024 at Glen Creek Park Apartments in West Salem. (Joe Siess/Salem Reporter)

A Polk County grand jury on Thursday unanimously found two Salem police officers were justified in shooting and injuring a man in West Salem on Sept. 13.

Polk County District Attorney Aaron Felton provided no details about the episode in a news releaseThursday evening. But the Oregon State Police, which investigated the shooting, said at the time that the man was suspected of kidnapping a woman when he got out of a car with…

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