PART 3: Salem police closed in on 16-year-old Bobby Brown, wanted for two shootings downtown. He leaned out of a car, fired at officers and was killed within seconds. The teen’s dream of escaping street life in Salem was over.
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PART 2: Troubled teen ensnared in gang war that spills into downtown Salem
PART 2: In spring 2022, two downtown Salem shootings left a teenager bleeding from his head and a man in critical condition. Police suspected 16-year-old Bobby Brown was the shooter in both cases, setting off a search for him.
PART 1: A teen boy’s descent into the Salem gang underworld
Bobby Brown was ready to graduate high school early. Instead, the 16-year-old boy was wanted for two daytime shootings downtown. He was killed in a shootout with Salem police officers.
Police to boost NE Salem patrols, identify services for youth at risk of violence
This summer, local law enforcement agencies plan to start focusing police patrols in northeast Salem and deciding what services they’ll use for people at risk of being on either side of deadly violence.
Police seek possible witness of woman found dead along south Salem street
Salem police on Friday published surveillance video showing a driver on Southeast Rural Avenue on May 23, shortly before Carla Vasquez, 28, was found dead in the street near South Salem High School.
Federal regulators put Oregon State Hospital on notice after patient death
After a May patient death caused by a suspected fentanyl overdose, Oregon State Hospital is in immediate jeopardy of losing its eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid funding.
Two teens accused of SE Salem cat killing
Salem police have not identified the suspect who shot a cat dead in front of a Southeast Salem home last month. The agency on Wednesday said it referred two teens involved in the cat killing to the Marion County Juvenile Department on accusations of first-degree aggravated animal abuse.
Police arrest suspect in string of armed Salem, Albany bank robberies
Jason Lee Welty, 50, of Salem, is accused of robbing three banks in Salem and one in Albany between May 21 and 31.
Police continuing to investigate “suspicious death” of woman found along south Salem street
Carla Vasquez, 28, was found dead on a street near South Salem High School on May 23 around 2 a.m. Police described the Salem woman’s death as suspicious but said they had no details about how she died.
Three sentenced for 2021 drive-by shooting that injured 10-year-old boy
A 2021 drive-by shooting near the North Lancaster neighborhood wounded a man and his 10-year-old nephew. The driver was the last of three men to be sentenced to prison for his role in the shooting.
