Ardeshir Tabrizian
Ardeshir Tabrizian has covered the justice system and public safety for Salem Reporter since September 2021. As an Oregon native, his award-winning watchdog journalism has traversed the state. He has done reporting for The Oregonian, Eugene Weekly and Malheur Enterprise.
A year after deadly shooting in Bush Park, a heartbroken family forges on
José Vázquez Valenzuela, 16, was killed last March in a daytime shooting in Bush’s Pasture Park. In the year since, José’s mother has urged his two friends who survived the gunfire to honor her son’s memory by taking advantage of the second chance he didn’t get.
Boy, 17, accused of shooting man in NE Salem on Feb. 3
A teenager was arrested Wednesday and accused of an early morning shooting a month earlier near Swegle Elementary School that left a 20-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds.
Trucker gets 48 years for causing crash that killed 7 farmworkers
Surviving victims and relatives of the seven farmworkers killed in a May 2023 collision on Interstate 5 tearfully detailed the tragedy they experienced in court Tuesday, just before semi-truck driver Lincoln Smith was sentenced to prison.
4 guns seized from teens accused of threatening person in NE Salem
A group of teenagers are accused of threatening a person with a gun last Thursday on Kacey Circle. Police seized four guns from the teens, including a short-barreled rifle and three high-capacity magazines.
5 takeaways: What’s driving Salem’s rising public safety costs amid city budget crisis
A historic look of Salem’s budget showed spending on police and fire has heavily outpaced inflation, while their staffing hasn’t kept up with rising costs. Here are five key takeaways from two decades of city budget data.
Pedestrian killed, another critically injured in NE Salem
Salem police said a pickup truck driver struck two pedestrians around 2 a.m. Saturday on Northeast Silverton Road. Raymond Dale, 77, died from his injuries and Ephraim Dale, 49, remained hospitalized Saturday afternoon with critical injuries.
Mother of physician killed in kayak crash with Buena Vista Ferry sues Marion County
Jacob Jackson, a longtime family doctor in Salem, died in June 2024 after a ferry operator collided with his kayak. His family is suing Marion County, which operates two ferries, in hopes of preventing future tragedies on the Willamette River.
Man killed by trooper slipped threatening note to guard at Salem’s Army training center, police say
Matthew Wong, armed with a knife, appeared for the second time in three days at a U.S. Army airfield in southeast Salem and slipped a threatening note to a guard, according to the Marion County District Attorney's Office. That prompted a confrontation with a state trooper who shot and killed him.
State trooper shoots, kills person near Salem airport Thursday morning
The Oregon State Police have provided few details about a police shooting at a U.S. Army aviation facility on Southeast Turner Road that left a person dead. The agency said it was responding at the time to a report of a “suspicious person.”
Portland woman arrested in Nov. 2 shooting death of woman near Turner
Nearly four months after 26-year-old Jada Thompson was discovered dead on a rural road southeast of Salem, police arrested a woman they suspect killed her in an act of domestic violence. Shanika Strickland, 32, faces charges including second-degree murder.