Man struck with axe handle at camp on Mission St in Salem, Salem OR
WeaponsPolice responded to a violent fight at a camp near the west dead end of Mission Street in Salem, Oregon. A man was hit in the leg with an axe handle. Several suspects fled: four on bicycles going south along the railroad tracks, and one woman on foot heading east on Mission Street. A gun was fired once but no one was shot. Authorities set up a perimeter and searched for suspects and evidence.
Audio|Source: Salem Police Dispatch
07:51
Transcript:
00:00
Last of six, just confirming the only person that we know that was hit had a leg wound.
00:05
Okay,
00:08
sir.
00:10
Callers also coming downstairs to help you locate.
00:18
Say somebody with the call.
00:21
Copy.
00:27
Compa is saying that there was four subjects that fled southbound on the railroad tracks on bicycles and then one female that left probably on foot eastbound on Mission wearing dark gray sweats
00:51
Yeah,
00:52
if you are near that area, I probably wouldn't help to start setting up some sort of perimeter. It sounds like the location here might have been completely evacuated. Of course, now there's no people down there right now. It sounds like...
01:07
Copy.
01:10
Gary Parney, can you see if we've got a K9 County or Kaiser?
01:13
Hey, Fram.
01:17
Sarah, one for seven, I'm on Owens now.
01:22
576, the bicycle descriptions, we've got a single BMX bike and then three mountain bikes.
01:32
348, 168, can you get on the scene and we're going to use your own?
01:38
One-sixthead, one almost down. I'm going up at eight right now.
01:47
5776, if I can get at least one more unit to me, dead end, E, or excuse me, west dead end of Mission Street, we'll go clear the camp and try to figure out where our crime scene is if we have one.
02:00
3-4-8-5776. We've got four of us arriving now.
02:08
Copy, there's still moving down in the brush, so.
02:16
I don't know what kind of access points we might add to the railroad tracks to the north, but it's an additional incoming unit. I've got four with me now, so if the next available unit wants to push north by about a block on commercial and see if there's any sort of access, maybe over by the funeral home.
02:34
Okay, good spot.
02:43
Bush Street, Barrow Tracks.
02:48
Are you good to set up a perimeter real quick while we're doing this and all come and clear you when we're done clearing the camps?
02:57
Yeah, we'll take one more at Kearney, Red Rarrow tracks there. I think we have the perimeter set pretty well for the east of the tracks.
03:05
I said,
03:07
if you're not on this already, we could use air.
03:12
You're from, I'm grabbing the drone right now, waiting for FAA falls back.
03:18
Okay.
03:20
So, reports, we're sending the feet on there already. You have a unit at South Block, because they're going to try to flee from that area right there, down on the lower turnerline and trussle.
03:34
Two-nine two, I need a medic unit code two for a mail that got hit with some kind of a hard object.
03:44
Copy we're at.
03:47
Get any mission.
03:50
Copy that. Cloud 676 for making contact with one.
03:54
Have you.
03:59
Zero 522. I just arrived in the area. Where do you need me?
04:08
We're going to move up.
04:10
576-522. I think we've got north of us covered.
04:15
Our con is wearing a white hat, black t-shirt and shorts.
04:19
If you want to re-contact him in case he has additional, he's over by the Meridian on the west end.
04:27
168. I'm out with him in the parking lot.
04:31
Got a copy.
04:35
292576 do you have a description of the individual with the pistol yet?
04:43
Pomp wasn't able to provide that exact and he said it was a leg wound so it sounds like you might have somebody who was injured with a leg wound, is that correct?
04:54
Yeah, affirm.
04:56
Not a GSW. He said that he got hit with the handle of an axe.
05:00
I've got medicine coming for him. He said the individual was a pistol with a white male adult, unknown pediatric clothing,
05:06
and he had a black hat on.
05:13
Toppy. This may not be a GSW after all, but we're dealing with some issues at the camp. There's four dogs down here.
05:22
168. I have a county out here with me in the parking lot. Do you want them to bring in the dogs for the pizarre?
05:32
576-168. Say again I didn't hear.
05:36
I have a county unit with me here. They want to know if you want to bring in the dogs where all the vehicles are parked.
05:46
If we're going to use county and a canine, we might use them for the track on the bicycle list, but I don't think we'll be able to use them to clear the camps. There's four dogs down here.
05:58
Copy. I'll just have a mistake here by the meridian.
06:03
Copy, yeah, I'll give you an update here in a second.
06:09
315 to 292.
06:12
Go ahead, sir.
06:16
Did your subject say anything about shots being fired or anybody being injured by gunshots?
06:25
He did not say anybody got shot and he said the gun was fired once.
06:39
292. He's a little bit difficult to get information out of. Fire is going to scoop them up and take him to the hospital.
06:46
I'm going to probably follow them there. Get more information as I can.
06:52
Copy, thank you.
06:56
348-2-292 when you get a second. Can you call me?
07:00
Yeah, for me.
07:06
85407.
07:18
57618. If you can see where we're standing here on the tracks, you're just above us. About 60 to 70 yards north of us, it looks like there's an additional camp. If you can try and scan that area,
07:30
we haven't made any forward progress in that direction yet, but there's likely no people near the camp that we're next to right now, so that might be a possible.
07:41
Copy, I'll scan it. Just ahead, but there's like four camps in the road together there.
07:49
Copy, okay, just, yeah, scan what you see, north of us.
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