Juan M. Barron, 61, died at Salem Hospital on Jan. 20, nine days after being found unconscious near the intersection of Northeast Portland Road and Northeast Northgate Avenue. Police are seeking witnesses to the bicycle crash.
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Springfield man charged with shooting 2 at east Salem Fred Meyer
A Springfield man faces charges including attempted murder, accused of a shooting Monday morning in the parking lot of Fred Meyer on Northeast Market Street. He is accused of shooting two of three people found with gunshot wounds near the scene.
UPDATE: Salem man accused of murdering teen boy charged with shooting at 2 others
A Salem man was charged by a grand jury earlier this month with fatally shooting a 15-year-old boy found dead in a truck on a city street in November. He was indicted Friday on new charges alleging he tried to kill two other people during the same incident.
UPDATE: No arrests after 3 shot in east Salem Fred Meyer parking lot
Police have released few details about a shooting Monday morning in the parking lot of Fred Meyer on Northeast Market Street which injured a woman and two men.
UPDATE: Police identify man found dead with gunshot wound on SE Cordon Road
Police have identified Jesus Ramos-Torres, 23, of Salem, as the man found dead from a gunshot wound in the Southeast Mill Creek neighborhood early Thursday morning. They asked for the public’s help Friday afternoon in investigating the death.
UPDATE: Cyclist dies of injuries sustained in Jan. 11 crash
Salem police said Juan Martinez Barron, 61, was found Jan. 11 night near the intersection of Portland Road and Northeast Northgate Avenue with life-threatening injuries from a bicycle crash. Barron died Saturday morning at Salem Hospital.
Police chief plans 6-person team to focus on Salem gun violence
A recent report found shootings in Salem have doubled in the past five years to 20 in 2022. Police Chief Trevor Womack now plans to assign around six officers to investigate all shootings, identify those most at risk of being assailants or victims, and work with nonprofits who can help them escape lives of violence.
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.
Man found dead with gunshot wound outside NE Salem nightclub
Police have provided few details about a shooting Monday morning in the parking lot of La Leyenda Nightclub which left a man dead.
Judge says DEA agent’s duties could justify dropping charge in fatal cyclist collision
A federal judge said last week that a DEA agent could be justified in running a stop sign and causing a fatal collision because he was on duty. The judge moved Samuel Landis’ criminal case to federal court so he can assert immunity from prosecution.