Category PUBLIC SAFETY
Police raid home near South Salem High School with ties to motorcycle gang
Salem police arrested Wilson Voorhis early Tuesday morning after searching a south Salem home. They seized methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin and a ballistic vest.
Salem schools may get weapons detectors following Bush’s Pasture Park shooting
Police and school district security workers said at a Monday forum for parents that they had little information yet about what motivated the shooting involving multiple South Salem students last week.
PHOTOS: Mayor, police chief convene meeting in east Salem on reducing violence
City officials said last week that a public forum was their first step in working with law enforcement agencies and community organizations to reduce shootings.
Community forum on gun violence prompts calls for more information in Spanish
At a community meeting on gun violence last week, Salem Police Chief Trevor Womack announced that the Marion County Sheriff’s Office is preparing a report on shootings across the county, including new data on unincorporated east Salem.
UPDATED: 16-year-old boy turns himself in, charged with fatal shooting at Bush’s Pasture Park
Nathaniel S. McCrae Jr., 16, faces charges including murder and attempted murder for his role in a shooting that killed one boy and injured two others on Thursday at Bush’s Pasture Park.
South Salem High cancels after-school events following anxiety over online threats
School district officials said a small number of vague threats against schools circulated rapidly online, prompting panic the day after a shooting near South Salem High School.
Police identify 16-year-old boy killed in Bush’s Pasture Park shooting
Jose Vazquez-Valenzuela, 16, was pronounced dead after police responded to a shooting at Bush’s Pasture Park Thursday. Damien Esquivel-Soto, 15, and a 16-year-old boy who police have not identified also suffered gunshot wounds and were hospitalized.
“The kid died in my lap”: witnesses describe tragedy, mayhem as 3 shot in Bush’s Pasture Park
Neighbors were walking their dogs at Bush’s Pasture Park Thursday afternoon when they heard gunfire and screams. Witnesses who rushed to help said a young man died as they were checking his pulse.
UPDATE: One dead, 2 boys injured in shooting at Bush’s Pasture Park
BREAKING NEWS: Salem police responded to Bush's Pasture Park on Thursday afternoon after reports of a shooting. Police closed Southeast Leffelle Street at High Street. South Salem HIgh School was put in lockdown but authorities say all students and staff are safe.