A 44-year-old man was shot in the torso Thursday morning in downtown Salem but refused to cooperate with a police investigation, Salem Police Department spokeswoman Angela Hedrick said.
Officers responded to the 100 block of Northeast Commercial Street after receiving a call around 5:25 a.m. They found the man, who was taken to Salem Hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.
The at first man told police he was in a verbal argument with two other men but refused to cooperate further.
Hedrick said there is no apparent connection between this shooting and the incident a day earlier where a dispute between two groups led to a volley of bullets in the Riverfront Park parking lot a block away.
Police recovered 96 bullet casings from the park but said no injuries were reported.
Police have not announced any arrests in connection with either shooting.
Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241.
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Rachel Alexander is Salem Reporter’s managing editor. She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers city news, education, nonprofits and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for a decade. Outside of work, she’s a skater and board member with Salem’s Cherry City Roller Derby and can often be found with her nose buried in a book.
