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State trooper shoots, kills person near Salem airport Thursday morning
The Oregon State Police have provided few details about a police shooting at a U.S. Army aviation facility on Southeast Turner Road that left a person dead. The agency said it was responding at the time to a report of a “suspicious person.”
Portland woman arrested in Nov. 2 shooting death of woman near Turner
Nearly four months after 26-year-old Jada Thompson was discovered dead on a rural road southeast of Salem, police arrested a woman they suspect killed her in an act of domestic violence. Shanika Strickland, 32, faces charges including second-degree murder.
Police arrest Portland man with rifle near Salem Hospital after foot chase
Luis Escobedo Castaneda is accused of carrying a rifle outside the Salem Hospital campus Tuesday night. Salem police said he motioned repeatedly toward his waist, where the gun was visible, prompting officers to use “less lethal rounds” and a police dog to arrest him.
Man accused of displaying gun in West Salem neighborhood before standoff with police
Salem police said Mark Coutis got into a standoff with officers for almost two hours on Friday, Feb. 14, before surrendered and was arrested on accusations of stalking, menacing and unlawful use of a weapon.
Salem man charged with hurling racist remarks at Hispanic family while holding shotgun
Police say Jonathan Haun is accused of approaching Hispanic family, including a young child, with a shotgun in hand and shouting “racially charged remarks” on Sunday in northeast Salem.
Salem man charged with helping move body of victim in suspected domestic violence killing
Marion County prosecutors charged Logan Wilkins on Friday with second-degree abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence in the death of Ashley Gandolfi, who they say was shot and killed by her longtime boyfriend.
“Proof is evident” that Salem man murdered longtime girlfriend, judge says
Tyler Holman appeared in court on Friday to face charges alleging he shot and killed his longtime girlfriend, Ashley Gandolfi, who he was previously charged with assaulting. Gandolfi’s family urged a state judge to keep him in jail, fearing his “military training” and risk to their child.
Salem man accused of fatally shooting woman, crashing car with her body inside
Deputies responding to a rollover crash in rural Independence found Ashley Gandolfi, 35, dead at the scene. The driver, Tyler Holman, 39, is now accused of shooting and killing Gandolfi, his former romantic partner, before driving with her body in the car.
OSP identifies man shot, killed by Salem police at apartments near Keizer border
The Oregon State Police said Salem police officers Chad Galusha and John Diaz were involved in a shooting Wednesday morning that killed Shawn Baker, 42, but did not specify who shot him.