Salem House Was a 'Backstop for Bullets' During Sunday Shooting (VIDEO)

Deputies talked to the residents at 4899 Pennsylvania and learned the residence had 10 children and one adult inside of at the time of the shooting.

Photo and video by Jerry Freeman Salem-News.com

(SALEM, Ore.) - Marion County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a shooting that occurred over the weekend. Witnesses say shots rang out early Sunday around 1:45 a.m. in the 4800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE in Salem.

The shooter, according to Lt. Sheila Lorance with the Marion County Sheriff's Office, was probably not firing at anyone in the house. They believe the bullets were intended for a person outside the duplex.

Though the home was struck three times by rounds, no one inside was injured. Lorance says, "It was more like the the house served as a backstop for the bullets".

Deputies talked to the residents at 4899 Pennsylvania and learned the residence had 10 children and one adult inside of at the time of the shooting.

Witnesses describe an unknown suspect firing a weapon at a male subject in the intersection of 49th Ave SE and Pennsylvania Avenue.

Deputies were unable to locate the victim who reportedly fled the area with a group of people in a red truck.

Lorance says deputies searched the area and were unable to locate the suspect who is described as a Hispanic male, 19-21 years old, 5'9 to 5'10, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and dark clothing.

If you have any information regarding the suspect, the victim or this case please call the Marion County Sheriffs Office, Deputy David Watkin (503) 576-7244.

Here is the video report with Tim King and Jerry Freeman:

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Tim King is a former U.S. Marine with twenty years of experience on the west coast as a television news producer, photojournalist, reporter and assignment editor. In addition to his role as a war correspondent, this Los Angeles native serves as Salem-News.com's Executive News Editor.
Tim spent the winter of 2006/07 covering the war in Afghanistan, and he was in Iraq over the summer of 2008, reporting from the war while embedded with both the U.S. Army and the Marines. Tim holds numerous awards for reporting, photography, writing and editing, including the Oregon AP Award for Spot News Photographer of the Year (2004), the first place Electronic Media Award in Spot News, Las Vegas, (1998), Oregon AP Cooperation Award (1991); and several other awards including the 2005 Red Cross Good Neighborhood Award for reporting. Serving the community in very real terms, Salem-News.com is the nation's only truly independent high traffic news Website, affiliated with Google News and several other major search engines and news aggregators.
You can send Tim an email at this address: newsroom@salem-news.com

Jerry Freeman is part of a new generation of dedicated news photographers who are entering the Internet news industry as a second career. He shares in common with many people the dream of becoming a visual journalist. Joining the Navy at an early age, and the Oregon Army Guard a few years later, Jerry has a wide range of life experiences. He describes himself as “an old truck driver with a new found passion to bare witness on the world’s events.” Teaming up with Salem-News.com he embarks on a new career as a video news photographer and reporter. Stay tuned, and see how it turns out. Jerry seems to exhibit natural talent and is already becoming a published member of the Salem-News.com team. You can send Jerry Freeman an email at this address: Salem-News@gravityshadow.com