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Man broke into south Salem apartment early Sunday, fatally shot occupant and self
Police say Etrien Shively shot and killed Antonio Castilleja before fatally shooting himself while fleeing police. The Salem men, both 21, “were known to one another through their romantic involvement with a woman,” according to a news release.
One dead in shooting, another dies by suicide after police chase in south Salem
A shooting in a south Salem apartment left one man dead early Sunday morning. Police say the suspect led an officer on a vehicle chase before crashing into a business building, where they were found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Salem man sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting at officers in April
Police said in May that Andrew Kjostad, 34, fired shots throughout the Salem area, twice shooting at officers and leading police on a SWAT Team search that ended with one officer shooting him in east Salem.
Salem man sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting partner in early 2021
Matthew Hansen, 32, shot and killed 32-year-old Amanda Mankins of Salem in January 2021 at a northeast Salem home. Hansen was charged at the time with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty on Oct. 2 to a lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter.
Salem man sentenced to life in prison for 2018 fatal shooting at east Salem bar
Lucias Harris, 44, shot and killed an unarmed Tyler Longacre, 21, after Longacre fled from a shooting involving multiple people at Bar Fly’s Grill in 2018.
Salem man charged with attempted aggravated murder following shootout with police
Jose Corral-Zavala, 21, started a gunfight with police after they stopped his vehicle with spikes, state police said. He then fled in a minivan that stopped nearby before a Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputy fatally shot the driver, Isaac Oceguedo, 18.
Driver fatally strikes Aurora man crossing I-5 on foot
Police say a pedestrian, 52-year-old Arnulfo A. Chavez of Aurora, was crossing Interstate 5 when the driver of a Honda CRV traveling south struck and killed him.
Driver fatally strikes Salem man walking across NE Lancaster Drive
Police say that Ronald Olbekson, 64, was walking east across Lancaster Drive outside the marked crosswalk Monday night when he was struck by the driver of a sedan, which was traveling north.
Salem man killed, another injured after driving off Highway 22 into embankment
David L. Nelson, 55, was killed and David J. Nelson, 23, was hospitalized after a crash just outside west Salem. Police say both Salem residents were not wearing seatbelts and were ejected from the car.