Salem Police Investigate Early Morning Fatal Shooting

Anyone with further information on this case is asked to contact the Salem Police Department.

Video and photo by Jerry Freeman Salem-News.com

(SALEM) - 28-year old Bryan John Lee Knorr of Salem was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Walmart store at 1940 Turner Rd SE just before 6:00 am on Monday, September 3, according to Salem Police.

Lt. Dave Okada with Salem PD says detectives are continuing their investigation and he added that the family of the deceased has been notified. At this point, the investigation has shown that Mr. Knorr had just exited the store when he was confronted by a lone male suspect in the gold SUV, Okada said.

"It appears as though the suspect had been waiting for the victim outside of the store. Words were briefly exchanged between the parties, then the victim was shot. He was transported to Salem Hospital where he was pronounced deceased."

Okada says a possible vehicle of interest in this incident is a Honda SUV similar to a CRV.

"The vehicle is gold or tan in color with a spare tire mounted on the rear. There is a white temporary registration mounted in the rear window and a blue placard mounted where the license plate would normally be displayed." Anyone with information about this vehicle is asked to call 911 immediately. Salem Police detectives are continuing to investigate the incident, and anyone with further information on this case is asked to contact the Salem Police Department.

Video from the scene by Salem-News.com's Jerry Freeman: