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VIDEO: Officer-Involved Shooting in Salem

Includes video from Salem-News.com and a neighbor's cell phone camera.



(SALEM) - Update: Marion County District Attorney's Office has authorized the release of the name of the female driver of the vehicle being operated at the time of the traffic stop prior to the officer-involved shooting. She is identified as Jessica Hansen, age 29, city of residence not available. Hansen was subsequently arrested by police on an outstanding warrant for property crimes out of Marion County. She will be lodged in the Marion County Jail. No other information for release.

Emergency personnel are on the scene of an officer-involved shooting in Salem. The location is reported to be near the intersection of Fircrest and Wiltse SE.

The law enforcement agency involved in the shooting is the Marion County Sheriff's Office.

The shooting happened around 1:00 p.m. A witness reports pulling up in her car and seeing the shooting victim, on the ground, screaming obsenities at the police. One deputy was by the side of the man.

According to a press release:

    At approximately 1:03 p.m., a Marion County Sheriff's deputy spotted a silver Jeep Cherokee on Commercial Street S in Salem. The Jeep was occupied by two people. The deputy tried to stop the vehicle but driver failed to yield to the lights and siren of the deputy's patrol car.

    The deputy followed the car until it stopped in the driveway of a home in the 6000 block of Fircrest Street SE in Salem.

    The male passenger exited the Jeep and confronted the deputy, and during this confrontation, he was shot by the deputy.

    Deputies gave the man first aid at the scene until medics arrived to transport him to the Salem Hospital. His condition is not known.

    A female driver of the car was detained.

    Neither the female nor the deputy was injured.

    In accordance with Senate Bill 111 protocols, the HART (Homicide Assault Response Team) was called to the scene to investigate. The Oregon State Police will be the lead agency on this case.

    Information related to investigation will be only released upon the approval of the District Attorney's Office. General media inquiries will be handled by Lt. Gregg Hastings of the Oregon State Police at 503-731-3020 ext. 247.

We will bring you more information as it becomes available.

Here is video from the scene by Jerry Freeman, including an interview with a woman who lives next to where the shooting took place:

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