FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                  

DATE: October 3, 2024

Suspect in July shooting incident arrested

Salem, Ore. — Salem Police officers today arrested the suspects involved in a July shooting incident in northeast Salem.

On July 9, 2024, Salem Police patrol officers responded to a report of an injured man in the 2000 block of Lancaster DR NE. Officers located a man with multiple gunshot wounds and provided medical aid to him before paramedics arrived.

The victim, 32-year-old Allen Michael Harmon of Lincoln City, was transported to Salem Health with non‑life‑threatening injuries. 

Officers learned a verbal encounter occurred between the victim and two men in the parking lot of the shopping center when gunshots were fired by one of the male suspects. The two men then fled the area on foot.

Just before 1:00 a.m. today, the two suspects were located in River Road Park, 3045 River RD NE, by a patrol officer investigating the report of suspicious activity.

The suspects, FD Tari, age 33, and Teno Epone, age 25, were taken into custody without incident. A handgun was located and seized.

Tari, who had three outstanding warrants from other unrelated cases, was arrested on the following charges:

• Attempted murder, second-degree
• Assault, first-degree
• Unlawful use of a weapon, a firearm

Epone was lodged on two existing warrants in other cases, as well as the charges of carrying a concealed weapon and giving false information to a police officer.

With both suspects now in custody at the Marion County Jail, all further inquiries about the case must be directed to the Marion County District Attorney’s Office.

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