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Attempted home break-in
leads to death east of Keizer
A Salem man was shot and killed
Sunday, Jan. 2 after attempting to break
into a house in the unincorporated area
of east Salem.
The Marion County Sheriff ’s Offi ce
is still investigating the shooting and
the man who died has been identifi ed as
42-year-old Peter Bishop of Salem.
Just before 7 p.m. on Jan. 2, deputies
responded to a disturbance at a home on
45th Avenue NE near Iberis Street NE. A
911 caller had reported that an unknown
man was attempting to break into the
home before a resident shot the intruder.
The resident was later identifi ed as
a 62-year-old Salem man. It was also
reported that at the time of the incident,
the resident’s adult daughter and two
grandchildren were in the home as well.
None of the people in the home were
injured during the incident.
Bishop was pronounced deceased at
the scene.
Detectives from the Criminal
Investigations Unit will continue to
investigate the incident and it will be
forwarded to the Marion County District
Attorney’s Offi ce upon conclusion.
KFD hiring new
fi refi ghter/medic
Keizer Fire District (KFD) is cur-
rently looking to hire a new fi refi ghter/
paramedic. Applications will be
accepted until 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 14
— interviews are tentatively scheduled
for Jan 27-28.
To be considered for the position,
applicants must have a paramedic
license and a minimum of one year
of fi refi ghter and pre-hospital care
experience.
The starting salary is listed as
$68,484, with the top step salary being
$85,262.
Those interested in the position can
visit keizerfi re.com for an application
packet and more information about the
job.
Oregon orders 12 million at-home COVID-19 tests
Oregon has made its largest order
yet of COVID-19 tests that will be
off ered to people around the state for
free so they can fi nd out, at home, if
they are carrying the virus, and take
steps to prevent its spread.
Oregon Health Authority (OHA)
placed an order Wednesday, Dec. 30
with iHealth Labs for six million of its
COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test kits.
Each kit contains two tests – amount-
ing to a total of 12 million tests com-
ing to the state – that can be performed
at home, with results available in 15
minutes.
OHA’s previous largest order was for
about 1.46 million Abbott BinaxNOW
rapid tests. Of that, the agency has
distributed nearly 1.3 million tests to
almost 400 community partners and
more than 1,300 K-12 schools.
“Oregon learned during the Delta
surge that we must be prepared for
the unpredictable – we knew we had
to be ready for future variants so we
could continue to protect the most
vulnerable in our communities while
keeping our schools, businesses and
communities open,” said Gov. Kate
Brown. “As cases rise in Oregon and
across the nation due to the Omicron
variant, we are applying the lessons
we have learned to support our hospi-
tals and health care workers, and arm
Oregonians with the information and
tools they need to keep themselves
and their families safe. Through vac-
cination, wearing masks, and utilizing
widespread testing, we can make it
through this latest surge the same way
we have before – working together to
protect each other.”
The kits will be distributed through-
out January at OHA’s warehouse in
Wilsonville, where they will be dis-
seminated to numerous OHA partner
agencies and organizations.
OHA does not have the capacity to
individually send out tests, so it will
prioritize distribution to the following
partners that can disseminate them to
their communities as they see fi t:
• Local public health authorities and
Tribes, based on population size and
some health equity metrics.
• Migrant and seasonal farm and
agriculture workers.
• Head Start and some other high-
risk early learning settings.
• K-12 schools to support at-home
test to stay.
• Health care workers.
• Shelters.
• Community-based organizations.
From Jan. 3 to Jan. 7, the OHA ware-
house received six trucks delivering
about 1.1 million test kits. Starting
Jan. 10, the warehouse will receive fi ve
trucks per week – for fi ve consecutive
weeks – until the order is fulfi lled. Since
iHealth Labs is planning to ramp up
product of the test kits, Oregon’s order
may be fulfi lled ahead of schedule.
The test kit order comes as Omicron
continues its steady overtake of Delta
as the state’s dominant COVID-19
variant. With its high transmissibility,
Omicron is already thought to be driv-
ing a steady increase in hospitaliza-
tions over recent days.
As the number of cases increase,
rapid testing will be critical to eff orts
to encourage people to take steps that
reduce transmission, including isolat-
ing and quarantining at home, wear-
ing masks and face coverings, keeping
their distance from others and getting
vaccinated as soon as they’re healthy.
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