Category Public Safety
Salem resident killed in I-5 car crash Friday afternoon
There was one vehicle involved in the crash.
Police seeking 1998 Chevy pickup linked to hit-and-run fatal in northeast Salem
Police said a 1998 Chevrolet pickup truck with Oregon license 604 FWD is being sought for striking and killing a woman on a Northeast Salem street and then leaving.
Man suffers life-threatening injury in shooting Thursday night
The shooting took place at an encampment in northeast Salem, police said. They did not identify a suspect.
Man posing as teen online arrested for multiple sex crimes, police say
Tyler Hausen, 23, was charged Wednesday with second-degree sodomy, purchasing sex with a minor, luring a minor and second-degree encouraging child sex abuse in Marion County Circuit Court.
Fourth man sentenced after Salem gun shop reports 33 firearms stolen
Brian Quiring, a former employee, pleaded guilty earlier this month to helping three others break into the northeast Salem business in August 2021.
Brothers arrested in northeast Salem shooting
Detectives found eight firearms while searching the family home in Lebanon where the brothers were arrested, Salem police said Thursday.
Salem police investigating hit and run of pedestrian Wednesday
Police are seeking help to identify the driver of a pickup or SUV who hit a pedestrian in the 4000 block of Northeast Sunnyview Road.
Sheriff’s office investigating hit and run east of Salem
Witnesses described the involved car as "a cherry red" hatchback that hit a bicyclist.
Body of West Salem teen found in Willamette River
The Oregon State Medical Examiner determined cause of Zackary Brenneman's death was drowning, and detectives found no evidence of a crime or foul play, the Salem Police Department said Tuesday afternoon.