(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem police are investigating a shooting Thursday morning that left a man injured. Around 9:20 a.m., officers responded to a reported shooting at the intersection of Northeast Pine and Broadway streets, a Thursday news release said. Police found a man with non-life-threatening injuries, and he was transported[Read More…]
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Man injured in northeast Salem shooting Monday, police say
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem detectives are investigating a shooting Monday night in northeast Salem that left one person injured. The Salem Police Department received a call at 9:45 p.m. Monday from a witness reporting they heard reporting they heard gunshots, said Lt. Debbie Aguilar, Salem police spokeswoman. Aguilar said officers[Read More…]
Police trace Salem drug case to supplier in Mexico
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Rico Rigutto arrived in the parking lot of Walgreens on Northwest Wallace Road Tuesday night in a Chevy Tahoe with 3,000 fake Oxycodone pills and an automatic pistol. As watching detectives later recounted in an affidavit, Rigutto waited for about 30 minutes for a buyer who never[Read More…]
Police say no foul play in death after finding body in suitcase at northeast Salem apartment complex
Salem police responded to the Claxter Court Apartments Dec. 2 for a death investigation (Courtesy photo) Salem police arrested a man who they say hid a body in a suitcase, but don’t suspect foul play in the death. Officers responded around 10:05 a.m. Thursday to Claxter Crossing, an apartment complex[Read More…]
Indigenous woman seeks public’s help in finding stolen tribal regalia
Auburn Logan wearing some of her now missing traditional regalia pieces. (Courtesy/Auburn Logan) Auburn Logan left her new Salem apartment around 11:45 a.m. on Nov. 20 to find her car was gone. Assuming it was towed, she called the number listed outside her complex for a towing company. “When they[Read More…]
Reported attack on sleeping homeless man in Salem under police investigation
A group attacked a homeless man sleeping outside a service provider in Salem on Oct. 18, leaving the man with serious injuries. Lt. Treven Upkes, spokesperson for the Salem Police Department, said the man was sleeping at night in front of the Homeless Outreach and Advocacy Project building on Church[Read More…]
Salem police reported more murders, weapon offenses since last year as most other crimes are down
The Salem Police Department reported an increase in murders and weapon offenses from last year as the agency prioritized responding to a recent uptick in shootings. Between Jan. 1 and Oct. 26, the department reported six murders this year compared to two in 2020, according to Oregon State Police’s statewide[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem Public Market hit by burglars over weekend
A Salem Public Market post on Facebook showed items missing from vendor booths following a burglary discovered on June 13, 2020. Burglars stole hundreds of dollars of art, jewelry and candles from Salem Public Market over the weekend, cleaning out the stock of several vendors. Salem police officers responded to[Read More…]
Uncategorized Woman who summoned police now charged with murder
Authorities said Wednesday that a man found dead in a southeast Salem home Tuesday was murdered by a gunshot. They identified the victim as Joshua Davy Tate, 32. His domestic partner, April L. Gamblin, 24, was charged with his murder and lodged in the Marion County Correctional Facility. She was[Read More…]
Uncategorized One dead, one hospitalized in Salem shooting
Salem police are investigating a shooting in southeast Salem that left one man dead and a woman injured. Lt. Treven Upkes of the Salem Police Department said police were summoned to a home on Southeast Polo Court just before 1 p.m. Tuesday. The street is located north of Highway 22[Read More…]
