Woman, two teens arrested after shots fired at south Salem McDonald’s, police say
UPDATE: 12:08 p.m. Monday, July 14
A state judge on Monday dropped criminal charges against one suspect in a June 30 shooting at a south Salem McDonald’s at the request of the Marion County District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors in a court filing sought to dismiss the charges against Dakoda Clark-Adkins, 18, “in the interest of justice.”
“Sometimes cases meet the standard for an arrest, but don’t yet meet the high standard of beyond reasonable doubt for prosecution,” according to Marion County Chief Deputy District Attorney Brendan Murphy.
Murphy said in an email that his office considers the incident an open investigation and is working with the Salem Police Department “to ensure that we have everything we need to make an appropriate prosecution decision.”
Original story below:
A shooting Monday night in the parking lot of a south Salem McDonald’s landed two young adults and a teenager in police custody, according to the Salem Police Department.
No one was injured in the shooting, the agency said in a news release Tuesday morning.
The Marion County District Attorney’s Office charged Rubi V. Zambrano, 20, and Dakoda J. Clark-Adkins, 18, with unlawful use of a weapon. Clark-Adkins was also charged with recklessly endangering another person and unlawful possession of a firearm, according to court records.
A 15-year-old was also arrested and released to a parent. Salem police did not specify in their statement whether the teen faces any accusations in juvenile court. Brendan Murphy, chief deputy district attorney, later clarified in an email that “no charges were immediately brought against the juvenile.”
Murphy and Salem police spokesman Mark Jantz otherwise declined to answer written questions about the incident, including what led up to the shooting.
Juvenile court records are generally confidential under state law, and Salem Reporter does not typically identify minors accused of crimes.
Police responded just before 10:30 p.m. to a report of a disturbance at McDonald’s on 5090 Commercial St. S.E.
Officers arrived to find several drivers involved in the incident fleeing and stopped one of the cars, according to the police statement.
Police said they searched the car and seized a 9mm handgun. They also found several spent shell casings in the parking lot.
No significant property damage was reported, according to the statement.
Zambrano and Clark-Adkins were booked into the Marion County Jail.
They are scheduled to appear Tuesday afternoon at the Marion County Criminal Court Annex to face the charges.
Marion County prosecutors said in a court filing Tuesday that Clark-Adkins was already on supervision at the time of the shooting but did not elaborate. They plan to rely on that detail to argue for a sentence longer than average if he is convicted.
This story has been updated to include information from the Marion County District Attorney’s Office regarding charges against the juvenile in this case.
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Mirandah Davis-Powell was an intern for Salem Reporter in the summer of 2025, primarily covering food, farms and agriculture. She joined the newsroom from the Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism as a reporter from the University of Oregon.
