Salem-News.com Mt Angel Standoff articles

Small Oregon Town in Shock After Standoff Leaves Two Dead

The suspect on multiple occasions threatened to take his own life, and yelled at police to shoot him neighbors told Salem-News.com.

(MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. ) - A standoff in the small Oregon town of Mount Angel ended in tragedy Saturday when a man took the life of his ex-girlfriend's mother, and then his own.

Salem-News.com was on-scene early Saturday morning where the stand-off between Daniel Cuanas and police from Mt. Angel, Silverton, Woodburn, and Marion County began around 2:34 a.m.