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Boy, 17, accused of shot a man in a Salem on February 3

A 17-year-old boy is accused of shot a young man near the Swegle Elementary School in the East Lancaster district near the Swegle Elementary School in early February.

The teenager stands before the youth court of the Marion County of second degree second degree, tried murder, physical injury to the first degree and with a dangerous weapon.

The shootout was reported on February 3 at 1:30 a.m. in the 1700 block of the Northeast Aguilas Court, said the spokeswoman for the Salem police authority, Angela Hedrick,.

Hedrick said that the officials had made it available to the victim, a 20-year-old Salem man.

“Her efforts were significantly involved in saving the victim's life,” she said.

The man was brought to the Salem Hospital with several gunshot wounds.

Salem's police said a shootout in the 1700 block of the Northeast Aguilas Court left a 20-year-old man with several gunshot wounds at around 1:30 a.m. on February 3, 2025. (Google Maps)

The suspect was arrested on Wednesday, one month after the shootout, and, according to youth director Troy Gregg, in the Juvenile Haftzentrum in Marion County.

The police did not identify the victim, and Salem Reporter usually did not identify any minors who are exposed to accusations before the youth court.

The shootout took place for a month after an 18-year-old woman was injured in another shootout in the same small street.

Contact Reporter Ardeshir Tabrizian: [email protected] or 503-929-3053.

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Ardeshir Tabrizian has dealt with the judicial system and public security for Salem reporters since September 2021. As a native of Oregon, its award -winning watch dog journalism crossed the state. He made reporting on the Oregonian, Eugene Weekly and Malheur Enterprise.