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On Saturday, April 10, 2021, at around 9:15 p.m., the Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a person with a gunshot wound near Bayview Way NE and State Street in Salem. Upon their arrival, deputies located a 19-year-old male with a gunshot injury. Medics transported the victim to the Salem Hospital. Doctors consider the injury to be non-life-threatening.
Deputies determined the shooting occurred about a ½ mile away, behind the Walgreens store at Lancaster Drive NE and State Street. Detectives are requesting anyone with information to contact the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, at (503) 540-8007, especially if you have surveillance video.
To submit an anonymous tip via text message to the Marion County Sheriff's Office, text TIPMCSO and your tip to 847411. You may also do so at https://www.co.marion.or.us/SO/Pages/tip411.aspx.