Multiple roads in south Salem had been shut down Wednesday afternoon whereas police searched and arrested a person they are saying stabbed a 32-year-old girl and a canine.
At 4 p.m. Wednesday, Marion County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home disturbance within the 4300 block of Viewcrest Road exterior Salem metropolis limits, in response to a press launch.
The girl was taken to a hospital the place she is being handled for her accidents, in response to Marion County.
Multiple police departments searched the agricultural wooded space close to the home and shut down roads whereas looking for a male suspect, who they believed was armed.
According to the possible trigger assertion, police mentioned they discovered him on a property close to the home on Viewcrest Road at 8:19 p.m. in want of medical consideration.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office didn’t title the suspect however mentioned he additionally was taken to a hospital.
He is being charged with assault, illegal use of a weapon, endangering a person who’s protected by a courtroom order, aggravated animal abuse and contempt of courtroom.
According to the indictment, the canine died within the attack.
The man is ready to be arraigned at 2:30 p.m. Monday on the Marion County Jail annex.
Bill Poehler covers Marion and Polk County for the Statesman Journal. Contact him at [email protected]
