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Salem gang member gets 17 years for shooting death of 15-year-old boy
Gage Clark Adkins, 19, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for shooting and killing 15-year-old Matthew Newman in November 2023. Clark Adkins was on juvenile parole at the time of the shooting, a theme prosecutors say is increasingly common in Marion County.

Salem man gets 15 years for 2022 shooting death of man at Geer Park
Thomas Healy, 59, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter of 35-year-old Scott “Scotty” Tanner in a parking lot where they both slept. Tanner’s widow, Debby Clark, still wonders what prompted Healy to start the fight that led to her husband’s death.

Salem veterinarian gets 10 years for deadly hit-and-crash in 2023
Eric Webb pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, hit-and-run, driving under the influence of intoxicants and driving with a suspended license when he struck Julia Wade as she crossed a southeast Salem street in January 2023. She died three months later.

Three sentenced for 2021 drive-by shooting that injured 10-year-old boy
A 2021 drive-by shooting near the North Lancaster neighborhood wounded a man and his 10-year-old nephew. The driver was the last of three men to be sentenced to prison for his role in the shooting.

Man sentenced to 20 years for killing 2 in 2021 Salem cantina shooting
Prosecutors say Nivardo Ramirez-Monge shot Jose Arrevalo following an altercation in the bathroom at the Capital Cantina in northeast Salem. An uninvolved bystander, Erlin Rivas-Lopez, was also shot and killed.

Man sentenced to 20 years for 2021 shooting that injured two
Two 21-year-old men still face charges in the northeast Salem shooting which left two people injured, including a 10-year-old boy.

Two 19-year-olds sentenced to prison for June 2022 robberies
On Wednesday, one of the teens was also charged and pleaded guilty to shooting at a southeast Salem home a day before the robberies, according to court records.

Man sentenced to life in prison for 2021 Salem hotel murder
Davontae Smith stopped out of concern for a woman he believed was being assaulted when Antonio Soto shot and killed him in a hallway of a northeast Salem hotel.

Salem man sentenced to 12 years for 2022 fatal shooting in east Salem
Ivan Herrera-Ortiz, 21, shot and killed 37-year-old Roberto G. Gorie of Salem in February 2022 at a home near Hayesville. Deputies reported finding Gore’s body in a car “on its top” on Northeast Vernon Street.