This story was updated at 1:20 p.m.
Three people were injured in a shooting this morning at the parking lot at Fred Meyer on Market Street NE in Salem.
Salem Police confirmed the shooting happened in the parking lot of the store, posting on X (formerly Twitter) at 9:49 a.m. that the injured were transported for medical treatment. No other information was provided on their conditions.
Police also reported in the social media post that all involved were accounted for and that there was no continued threat to the public. The area remains closed for the investigation.
It is unknown whether the store, referred to locally as the East Fred Meyer, had to close or go into lockdown at any time during the incident, or whether customers or employees were ever in any danger.
The manager at the store referred all questions to a corporate media contact, who requested questions via email but did not answer them. Instead, a regional Fred Meyer spokesperson provided this statement to the Statesman Journal:
“We are deeply saddened by the incident that occurred in the parking lot outside our Fred Meyer in Salem, Oregon. We are cooperating with local law enforcement and to protect the integrity of the investigation, we are referring questions to the Salem Police Department.”
All the entrances to the parking lot at the Fred Meyer were open as of early afternoon.
Multiple 911 calls were made after 7:30 a.m., including one by an adult male who reported he had been shot.
At 8:14 a.m., Salem Police posted an advisory on social media, reporting police activity in the parking lot of the Fred Meyer in the 3700 block of Market Street.
At one point during 911 dispatch traffic, it was reported a person involved in the shooting “ran into Elmer’s.” Moments later, an officer reported a male with a gunshot wound to his right thigh had been detained and to send a medic unit.
An employee at the nearby Elmer’s told the Statesman Journal at 9:40 a.m. that the restaurant remained open during the incident despite the front entrance being blocked for a time by police tape. Customers entered from a side entrance, according to the employee, and officers remained on scene.
According to dispatch traffic, the other two people injured were: A female with a gunshot wound to her abdomen and a male who had been shot twice in the back.
Capi Lynn is a senior reporter for the Statesman Journal. Email your questions and tips to her at [email protected].
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