Man Shot by Salem Police Officer After Car Chase Identified

Salem police are seeking two other men involved in the stolen-car chase.

Salem-News.com

(SALEM, Ore. ) - The Marion County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday identified the man shot and killed by a Salem police officer Monday after a struggle following a pursuit.

The man was identified as 19-year-old Cesar Alejandro Gonzalez-Meza from Stayton who was wanted on drug charges and a probation violation.

Salem police are seeking two other men involved in the stolen-car chase.

One man is described as Hispanic, 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a slender build and a crew cut. He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, blue jeans and no shoes.

The other man is described as Hispanic, between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a slender build, black hair and scruffy facial hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a red shirt.

Oregon State Police are investigating the shooting with help from detectives from the Marion County Sheriff's Office, Keizer and Woodburn police departments.

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And if the guy would have done as the cop ask him to do would have been no shooting!

There are too many uneducated people who think they know it all and that their way is the only way. Only the officer and the criminal (yes, CRIMINAL) know what really happened and police officers are trained to avoid using their weapon if possible. Obviously he felt he needed to use it, and you know what...I don't blame him. If it were between my life and a criminals life, sorry I'd shoot the idiot too! When you commit an illegal act, you know the consequences. I think the officer did the right thing by shooting him to protect his own life!

Any cop, Who do you think you are by talking to Dmitry that way? You might think about shutting your pie hole and listening for a change!

Dmitriy: Maybe you should become a cop and show them how it is done. I don't know what happened and neither do you. And, yeah, there are bad cops, but most of them are out there risking their lives for people like you who are ready to hang them out to dry.

Dmitriy, shut your pie hole. Go chase a tweeker running from a stolen car with only escape on his mind before you judge anyone's actions in this case

This is the second fatal shooting by this "peace officer".

Maybe you should find out the entire facts before you start condemning the cops. From what I understood, there was a struggle for the officers taser gun, and that's why the shooting occured. The officer was sent to the hospital for his injuries, so he wasn't just shooting someone while they were lying helpless on the ground.

the state of oregon should start charging those cops with murder who kill those people they deal with ,dont the cops go thru traning to catch those people and not just shoot them wile they helpless on the groud

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