Salem reaches $850,000 settlement in lawsuit over 2021 police killing of Salem man
The city of Salem has agreed to pay $850,000 to the mother of a mentally ill man who a Salem police officer shot and killed in July 2021.
Officer Nathan Bush shot Arcadio Castillo III, 23, four times as Castillo was armed with a knife. Castillo’s family later said in a public statement that he had a history of mental illness and related abuse of marijuana and alcohol.
The Marion County District Attorney’s Office said…
