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Trooper justified in deadly shooting of man near Salem airport, grand jury finds
A grand jury found a state trooper justified in shooting and killing Matthew Wong near the Salem airport last month. Video from the trooper’s body camera shows Wong lunge at him with a knife before walking away from the trooper, who then shot him twice.
Grand jury finds officer justified in shooting, wounding man in West Salem
Polk County grand jurors found that two Salem police officers legally shot a man in self defense on Sept. 13 in West Salem. Police said at the time the man got out of a car with a knife while suspected of kidnapping, but he has not been charged with a crime.
DA releases account of gunfire, violent threats and a fatal police shooting in Four Corners
Justin Jordan shot at a driver, pointed a gun at several others and urged police to kill him during a standoff in an east Salem neighborhood on Nov. 24, according to Marion County prosecutors. Officers shot and killed Jordan after he pointed a gun at them.
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.
Trooper justified in fatally shooting man during gun battle on I-5 in Salem, grand jury says
Felipe Amezcua Manzo pointed a laser-equipped gun at two drivers in freeway traffic and started a shootout with an Oregon State Police Trooper, according to a statement from the Marion County District Attorney’s Office.
DA releases harrowing account of robbery, pursuit and a fatal police shooting in south Salem
A man described by relatives as mentally ill went on a rampage in south Salem in January, ultimately firing at police as a school bus and Cherriots bus idled nearby. A grand jury ruled Salem police were justified in killing Michael J. Compton.
LISTEN IN: Unpacking fatal Salem police shooting of teen, Michael Wolfe’s life sentence
TODAY’S BROADCAST: A Marion County grand jury on July 22 unanimously found three Salem police officers were justified in shooting and killing 16-year-old Robert Brown the previous week after trying to arrest him. Reporter Ardeshir Tabrizian talks about the Marion County District Attorney’s Office’s account…