FEBRUARY 11, 2022, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7
Shooting details remain slim as police
ID man who died, four offi cers on leave
BY ARDESHIR TABRIZIAN
Of the Salem Reporter
Salem police and the Oregon State
Police issued statements Monday say-
ing a man died from injuries suff ered
in a confrontation with offi cers early
Monday morning at a northeast Salem
park.
The agencies have provided few
details about what lead to the death.
State police Monday afternoon
identifi ed Richard Allan Meyers as the
man who died after the shooting at
Northgate Park. The state police and
Salem police didn't disclose what led
to the the shooting or whether offi cers
shot Meyers.
Around 12:37 a.m., a Salem police
offi cer tried to stop Meyers, 40, who was
driving a gold 1995 Mercedes, in north-
east Salem. Meyers didn't pull over and
fl ed, according to an OSP news release.
Meyers drove to Northgate Park in
the 3200 block of Northeast Northgate
Avenue, entered the northeast park-
ing lot, drove into a gully west of the
parking lot and then onto the north-
ern fi eld of the park, police said. Other
Salem offi cers responded and stopped
Meyers' car in the fi eld.
"A confrontation ensued and pre-
liminary investigatory information
shows that three Salem offi cers fi red
their department-issued fi rearms," the
news release said.
Police provided fi rst aid to Meyers,
who was taken to Salem Hospital. He
later died of his injuries, according to a
Salem police news release.
A pit bull in the car was also injured
during the incident and taken to a vet-
erinary clinic for treatment. Meyers'
family decided to put the dog down,
the police statement said. It is unclear
how the dog was injured.
Marion County’s Offi cer Use of
Deadly Force Protocol and Salem
Police Department policy requires that
Salem police cars scattered across Northgate Park, which was closed off with police tape after
the Monday morning shooting.
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clarifi cation either."
Amy Queen, Marion County deputy
district attorney, declined to comment
on the incident.
The state Department of Public
Safety Standards and Training, the
agency tasked with licensing offi cers
and investigating complaints of mis-
conduct, as of Monday afternoon did
not list any recently opened profes-
sional standards cases involving Salem
offi cers.
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“involved offi cers” - which under state
law includes both offi cers that fi re shots
or witness another do so - be placed on
paid administrative leave during ongo-
ing investigations.
State provided the names and ten-
ure of the four involved offi cers:
-Offi cer Chad Treichler – one year,
eight months
-Offi cer Griffi n McDowell – fi ve
years, seven months
-Offi cer Jonathan McNichols - one
year, six months
-Offi cer David Baker- eight years, 11
months
The state police statement said the
agency's investigation is continuing,
and police are searching and seizing
property based on search warrants
approved by a Marion County Circuit
Court judge.
The state police are the primary
agency conducting use of a deadly force
investigation. The county requires that
an uninvolved law enforcement agency
conduct such investigations, according
to Salem police's news release.
The agency said in the news release
that it wouldn't release any additional
information until after a grand jury
hears the results of the investigation.
Salem police initially said in a news
release Monday morning that after
police made contact with the man, “a
confrontation ensued, and shots were
fi red." At the time, they said at least one
Salem offi cer fi red their gun.
Lt. Treven Upkes, Salem police
spokesman, said Monday morning that
he could not provide any additional
information other than what was in the
department's statement.
"It is actually the Marion County dis-
trict attorney's investigation, and they
have asked the Oregon State Police
to conduct it," he said. "That (informa-
tion) is what is wanted to go out, and
so I can't provide anything else or any
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