Thanks for joining us. I'm David
Molko, and we begin tonight with
a shooting that killed a man and
wounded a teenage bystander.
A bullet flying through a window into
a home and hitting that young victim.
All of it starting with a
fight outside in the street.
Alma McCarty talked to witnesses
in Salem tonight.
Salem Police spent part of the afternoon
in the neighborhood canvassing and
handing out these Flyers to reassure
the people living there that they are
actively investigating this shooting.
This was the scene Monday night
around the corner of Arban Dr.
and Vallejo St. Northeast in Salem.
And I heard this probably by four shots.
It just was quick and.
And you come out of the door and look for,
see what's going on and what I hear,
it's a point of people running
right here trying to help him.
That was just before 9:00 PM Roberto
Ross said he called Salem PD
right away when he saw two bodies
in the yard across the street.
Police said one man, a 27 year old,
died from his injuries.
The second man, 30 years old,
is still in the hospital.
That's really hard.
Officers say 1/3 victim,
a teenage bystander inside of her.
Tom was also hit during the gunfight,
a fight that erupted after a
dispute between several men
gathered in the street.
What's the girl right there with my neighbor?
And they say they'll shut right there
from the window. They got hurt.
She's expected to recover.
Less than 24 hours later,
officers with the Community Action
unit went door to door talking with
neighbors and answering questions.
A spokesperson with the department said.
This engagement after a crime
like this is essential to
build trust and understanding.
The 97, those kids,
they grow up right here with me.
I was watching all the time,
Roberto says. He's still trying to
process this deadly shooting involving
young people. He's known for years.
Talked to those kids all the time.
Hey, he better watch out because
it's not only you, that's not you.
That's everybody right here.
We got little kids and your mom,
your dad or whatever,
and look at what's happening.
Officers encourage anyone with
information to come forward and
contact them through the tips line
in Salem, Alma McCarty, KGW News.
And that of those new details following
a police shooting in Wilsonville today,
a warning some of the video in
this story may be disturbing.
This all began, Clackamas
County sheriff's deputies say,
when they spotted a stolen car.
The driver of the gold sedan LED
them on a high speed chase and
then stopped right in front of
the Wilsonville Police Department.
Now deputies approached the car with
their guns drawn and then you can
hear what sounds like four shots
fired on video recorded by a witness.
Yeah, the the Sheriff's Office says
at least one of the two people in the
car was armed and that there was a,
quote, exchange of gunfire.
Both people in the car were hit,
authorities say,
and they were taken to the hospital
in critical condition.
A patrol car was also hit,
but deputies were not injured.
Now here's how a witness whose
voice you just heard on that
video reacted to the shooting.
Crazy for little Wilsonville. Yeah,
not doesn't happen much around here.
So I'm glad it stopped here
and not closer to the schools.
Well, the deputies involved in the shooting
are now on paid administrative leave to get
you caught up on tonight's other headlines.
The police union and the city say they
are now officially at an impasse when it
comes to body cams for Portland police.
Now one of the biggest points of
contention in the Union wants officers
to be able to watch body camera
video before writing their reports.
That is standard practice in many
departments, but the city and U.S.
Department of Justice say officers.
Should write reports first
before seeing the video. Now.
Both parties will release
final offers on Friday,
and then an arbitrator
will have to get involved.
A TriMet bus driver has hit and killed a
person near the Gateway Transit Center.
Investigators say the victim died
at the scene after they were
hit around 7:30 this morning.
A passenger on board the bus was not hurt.
So far,
we don't know what led up to the crash.
We understand, though the bus driver
is cooperating with police and,
effective immediately,
Portland.
Will stop distributing tents
and tarps to homeless people.
City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez
announced the move,
which he says is temporary,
after what he called a rash
of tent related fires,
including one this morning
under the Morrison Bridge.
Portland Fire says they have
been called out to more than
1000 fires related to tents and
tarps over the last two years.
The city will continue to
send out sleeping bags,
blankets and other supplies
to help people keep warm.
Well, another day, another
industry hit hard with
a major staffing.
Storage Schneider we are zeroing in
on Oregon's dental industry now.
Clinics say it's getting so
difficult to hire dental assistants,
they're now asking for millions in state
funding to train a new generation.
Our Catherine Cook looks into
what it all means for patients.
Truly, this is a problem
for the entire state.
In her 14 years as a dentist,
doctor Caroline Zeller has
never been more concerned about
staffing specifically among
dental hygienists and assistants.
The Oregon Health Authority reports
dental offices lost 56% of their staff
during the first year of the pandemic.
For prospective physicians,
offices lost 11%.
We see the effects of it already,
and it's putting us back.
Patients are having to wait a lot longer.
Patients that have infected
teeth patients. Water and pain.
The problem,
according to many in the industry,
is not enough aspiring dental care
professionals in the pipeline.
That's where House Bill 2979 comes in.
It would put $20 million toward
addressing the dental workforce crisis.
The money would fund various
training and education programs for
college and high school students,
as well as on the job training.
It would also expand existing
incentives for dental professionals
serving in high need areas.
I can speak to how difficult it is to
hire their own system because I've had.
Adds up for the last three years,
without much success.
Creating a publicly accessible
training module for dental
assistance will help create more
opportunities for individuals that
want to enter the dental profession,
particularly those in rural areas.
Representative hi fam from Washington
County is the bill's chief sponsor,
as well as a pediatric dentist.
Doctor Cyrus Javadi also offered support.
He practices on the North Coast and
stressed how much more difficult
this crisis is in rural areas
without access to training programs
in their communities. The closest
training program is 2 hours away.
It's just not feasible for and
that's for Tillamook Astoria.
It's even further we just people.
It's too much of an ask for
people who are interested in the
dental profession to change their
entire lives to a move too closer
to these training programs. For
providers like Doctor Zeller,
their thoughts always go back to
what it all means for their patients,
and having to cancel or schedule them
months later has massive effects,
not just on how they're feeling today.
But with their oral health, is in the future.
And some dental professionals are
concerned this bill doesn't do enough
to address dissatisfaction over pay,
especially among dental assistants.
They believe that's one of the main reasons
people aren't filling those positions.
They don't think improving
access to training is enough to
address that frustration. David
Catherine Cook in The Newsroom tonight.
Thank you, Catherine.
Getting a look tonight at one of the other
companies competing to install gunshot
detection technology in Portland now,
last night was the deadline
for companies to submit.
Proposals to the city 4 have applied.
They include shot spotter,
which we have talked about before at length,
now learning more about Eagle technology.
The main difference?
Shot spotter measures sound to
notify police and potential gunfire.
Eagle, on the other hand,
measures energy waveforms.
They're using the acoustics in that area,
whereas we use time and space so that
energy dissipates as it goes along.
We calculate, depending on how much
energy is received at each of those
sensors is how we triangulate.
Well, the city had settled on shot
spotter last year, but then backtracked.
It's not clear why.
Allowing competitors to submit
proposals all were asked to provide
data on how well the tech works.
Data, the city says,
will be made public.
We can expect finalists at a
schedule for public hearings
sometime in the next two weeks.