Juan M. Barron, 61, died at Salem Hospital on Jan. 20, nine days after being found unconscious near the intersection of Northeast Portland Road and Northeast Northgate Avenue. Police are seeking witnesses to the bicycle crash.
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Springfield man charged with shooting 2 at east Salem Fred Meyer
A Springfield man faces charges including attempted murder, accused of a shooting Monday morning in the parking lot of Fred Meyer on Northeast Market Street. He is accused of shooting two of three people found with gunshot wounds near the scene.
UPDATE: Salem man accused of murdering teen boy charged with shooting at 2 others
A Salem man was charged by a grand jury earlier this month with fatally shooting a 15-year-old boy found dead in a truck on a city street in November. He was indicted Friday on new charges alleging he tried to kill two other people during the same incident.
UPDATE: No arrests after 3 shot in east Salem Fred Meyer parking lot
Police have released few details about a shooting Monday morning in the parking lot of Fred Meyer on Northeast Market Street which injured a woman and two men.
UPDATE: Police identify man found dead with gunshot wound on SE Cordon Road
Police have identified Jesus Ramos-Torres, 23, of Salem, as the man found dead from a gunshot wound in the Southeast Mill Creek neighborhood early Thursday morning. They asked for the public’s help Friday afternoon in investigating the death.
Latest data show fatal overdoses continue to skyrocket in Oregon
The state is still compiling data for 2023, but 628 Oregonians died from overdoses during the first six months of the year.
Polk County faces lawsuit alleging excessive force, negligence caused September fatal police shooting
Police said Jose Corral-Zavala, 21, started a gunfight with officers and then fled in a minivan that stopped nearby before a Polk County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot the driver, Isaac Oceguedo, 18. Now four months later, another passenger and Oceguedo’s family are suing the county over the shooting.
UPDATE: Cyclist dies of injuries sustained in Jan. 11 crash
Salem police said Juan Martinez Barron, 61, was found Jan. 11 night near the intersection of Portland Road and Northeast Northgate Avenue with life-threatening injuries from a bicycle crash. Barron died Saturday morning at Salem Hospital.
Snowmelt causes sewage spills in Willamette River, Sheldon Ditch, Pringle Creek
The city of Salem said snowmelt followed by rain and excessive groundwater caused an overflow on Thursday. Over 46,000 spilled into three local waterways.
Man, 37, dies in Salem camp while running heater in tent
Johnathan Ryan McCarter’s partner found him unconscious in their tent in an unmanaged camp in central Salem Tuesday morning during an ice storm. Police said the death appears to be from carbon monoxide exposure, though the medical examiner has tests pending.