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Husband of cyclist killed in DEA crash sues state police, justice department
Mark Meleason alleged in a lawsuit filed March 21 in Marion County Circuit Court that failures in training, supervision and policy by Oregon’s state police and justice department resulted in a DEA agent running a stop sign and killing his wife, cyclist Marganne Allen.
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.
Man killed by trooper slipped threatening note to guard at Salem’s Army training center, police say
Matthew Wong, armed with a knife, appeared for the second time in three days at a U.S. Army airfield in southeast Salem and slipped a threatening note to a guard, according to the Marion County District Attorney's Office. That prompted a confrontation with a state trooper who shot and killed him.
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.”
Man charged with driving impaired, killing father in 2023 crash in West Salem
David J. Nelson, 24, is charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and driving under the influence for his role in an October 2023 crash that killed his father, David L. Nelson, 55. Police said at the time that the driver veered off state Highway 22 into an embankment.
Husband of cyclist killed in crash sues DEA agent, Salem police
Mark Meleason alleged in a lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday that DEA agent Samuel Landis “acted with deliberate indifference” to people in the Gaiety Hill neighborhood when he sped, ran a stop sign and caused a crash that killed Meleason’s wife, cyclist Marganne Allen.
Salem man dies after driving off East Highway 22
Oregon State Police said John Lambert, 60, died after driving off the highway east of Gates into an embankment, struck a stump and rolled on Jan. 8. The agency is still investigating the collision.
California woman dies in Sept. 14 crash involving Salem teens
State police said a Salem teen crashed a truck into an SUV north of Sublimity last week. A passenger, Phyllis Russo, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the SUV and died at the scene.
Inmate walks away from work crew in southeast Salem
T.J. H. Bennett, 44, is serving a sentence at Santiam Correctional Institution and was part of a city work crew when he walked away Monday afternoon.