The Salem Police Department said just after noon on Wednesday that an “officer-involved shooting” had occurred near Northeast River Road at the border of Salem and Keizer.
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Police investigating suspected arson at Salem Tesla dealership
At around 3:45 a.m. Monday, Salem police and firefighters responded to a report of a vehicle fire at the Tesla dealership in south Salem. Salem police are investigating the case as arson.
Man charged with killing Salem pedestrian in hit-and-run while intoxicated
Sergio Reyes Aguilar was charged on Friday with manslaughter and other crimes related to a collision that killed Brian Coulson. Police say the driver dragged Coulson for several blocks on Northeast Lancaster Drive before fleeing.
Keizer man accused of armed robbery at Flight Deck restaurant
Butch Knupp was arrested Thursday on accusations that he robbed the Flight Deck Restaurant & Lounge at gunpoint five weeks earlier. The restaurant is beside the runway of the Salem airport.
Duo accused of stealing mail from five people in Salem, Keizer
Leobardo Bautista-Gonzalez and Jhan Cruz-Munoz were charged on Tuesday with five counts of mail theft. Police reported finding them in a car with “a large amount of mail” as the doors of two nearby mailboxes sat open.
Man charged with murder of Salem woman reported missing
Erik Meza, 44, is accused of shooting and killing Priscilla Aldana, 43, who police said was reported missing from Salem on Dec. 23. Police say Aldana’s body was found outside a burned structure on an abandoned lot.
No arrest in New Year’s Day shooting that wounded teen in NE Salem
In the early hours of 2025, an 18-year-old woman arrived at Salem Hospital with a gunshot wound. Salem police say she’d come from a home on Northeast Aguilas Court, where police had just responded to a disturbance and found a crowd dispersing.
Police investigating “suspicious death” after body found on SE Lancaster Drive
Salem police have provided no details about the death of a person found around 10 a.m. Friday in a vacant lot in the 3000 block of Southeast Lancaster Drive, only describing it as suspicious.
Police seek “vehicle of interest” seen near fatal hit-and-run in West Salem
Surveillance video shows a white SUV near the scene of a fatal hit-and-run collision in West Salem minutes before police responded to the intersection of Northwest Edgewater Street and Northwest Mulark Avenue on Dec. 23.
Police seek help finding missing, endangered Salem woman
Priscilla Aldana, 43, of Salem, was last known to be in the area of Southeast Lancaster Drive and Southeast Hagers Grove Road around 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 20. She was reported missing on Monday, Dec. 23.