OR - Multiple fatalities in Salem shooting, hostage situation, Sept 2020

[airportwoman]

I put it here because if my local BBC News broadcast, which airs on a PBS station, cut into their program to announce this, it's probably going to end up being a really big deal.

'Multiple' people dead following 'hostage situation'; OSP investigating

I can't really find much about it except that it was a hostage situation and a police officer was involved in the shooting in some way.

 

[katydid23]

I heard on my car radio that 'a man and woman in the home' were deceased, as was the suspect.

But I don't know if that means 2 dead, or 3.

 

[airportwoman]

I just hope that's all, and that it isn't a mass-casualty event.

If it turns out this is all it is, as tragic as it is, feel free to lock this thread. I won't be offended.

 

[katydid23]

I just hope that's all, and that it isn't a mass-casualty event.

If it turns out this is all it is, as tragic as it is, feel free to lock this thread. I won't be offended.

No, I wouldn't think we would lock the thread, no matter the final number. A tragedy is a tragedy, and this is tragic.

 

[katydid23]

Oregon shooting: Multiple people dead in Salem after shots were fired in hostage situation - CNN

Multiple people dead after shots were fired in Oregon hostage situation

Multiple people died during a hostage situation that unfolded in Salem, Oregon, Monday afternoon, officials said.

Deputies from the Marion County Sheriff's Office responded to a call of a possible hostage situation on Juneva Place SE around 12:30 p.m., according to a press release issued by the sheriff's office. Salem is about 45 miles southwest of Portland.
A trained hostage negotiator was on scene and attempted to speak with the suspect over the phone but "shots were fired," the release said.
"There were multiple fatalities during this incident, including that of the suspect," the release said.

 

[airportwoman]

Details are still sketchy; an earlier story said the victims were a man, a woman, and an 11-year-old boy. Sadly, that doesn't mean those are the only casualties.

Oregon shooting: Multiple people dead in Salem after shots were fired in hostage situation - CNN

 

[katydid23]

Details are still sketchy; an earlier story said the victims were a man, a woman, and an 11-year-old boy. Sadly, that doesn't mean those are the only casualties.

Oregon shooting: Multiple people dead in Salem after shots were fired in hostage situation - CNN

ugh...how can anyone shoot an 11 yr old?