A Salem police evidence marker indicates a possible bullet hole from an early Sunday shooting on Aug. 18 on Northeast Pine Street that killed a woman and hospitalized a man. (Salem Reporter/Aubrey Wieber)
Four months after a Salem woman was fatally shot in front a bar, Salem police are asking for the public to help identify the shooter.
The Salem Police Department, in partnership with Crime Stoppers of Oregon, is offering cash rewards for information that leads to an arrest in the felony crime. Tipsters can remain anonymous.
Salem residents Jennifer Black, 40, and Lee Wheeler, 37, were standing in front of the Pine Street Pub, located at 460 Pine St. N.E., with several other people at 1:30 a.m. Sunday Aug. 18, when a man came up and shot them both, eyewitnesses told Salem Reporter.
Black died. Wheeler survived a gunshot wound.
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Several patrons of the bar told the bartender the shooter was involved in some sort of altercation at the bar earlier in the night. He then left on his bike before returning and shooting Black and Wheeler.
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On Thursday, police said there is currently no suspect information.
Crime Stoppers of Oregon offers cash rewards of up to $2,500 cash for information. Visit the App Store and download P3 Tips to submit secure and anonymous tips or call 503-823-4357.
Police also haven’t identified the shooter who killed 16-year-old Ishaq Saleem in Englewood Park two weeks before the Pine Street Pub shooting.
Have a tip? Contact reporter Saphara Harrell at 503-549-6250, [email protected] or @daisysaphara.
