REGION Saturday, March 12, 2022 East Oregonian A3 …‚††‡­ •• •–’—…‚††‡ „­ •’˜™­ ‘š› š›•—™ „­ ‘ ›˜œ Š      ‹ŒŽ „ … ‡ƒˆ ‡ƒ  ­€‚ ƒ„… †‡€ €ˆ†‚„†„ €…‰ ‚„‚‚…€‚ …‡‡ˆ€  …‚††‡ ‘‰’“ ‘‰”“ ””‰‘“ ‰”¢¡ …ƒ† ƒ† ˆƒ† Ÿ‰•’¡”   Ÿ‰¢¡Œ‘“ ‰••¡Œ  ­ €‚ €‚  ƒ €‰”˜¡­ Š“ ™‰•–¡ ‚ ž”¢¡’  ™‰”¢¡•‚ ‡”¢¡ŒŽ‘ ‰•›¡ Œ  ˆ‰•‘¡ ‰ Š‚‹ „”•¡ „‚   €‚†¢’¡ ‰ Š‚‹ ž¢’¡ €   €‚†š¡ ‰„ Š‚‹ ž‰•’•” ˆ‰ „ €‚† ‡ ž ž†‡ ™‰ €‰ ‰ Ÿ‰ ‰ ž‰•’•• ˆ‰ Andy Nicolais/East Oregonian The number of reported deaths related to COVID-19 continues to climb in Umatilla County and statewide while the number of new cases is on a steep decline. MORROW COUNTY Shooting suspect in jail East Oregonian BOARDMAN — The suspect in the deadly shoot- ing Wednesday, March 9, in northern Morrow County is behind bars. The Morrow County Sher- iff ’s Offi ce announced Caleb Marion Beehler, 39, of Board- man, was taken into custody Thursday evening, March 10, without incident and booked into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton. The jail gives the booking date and time as March 10, 9:35 p.m. “We would like to thank the good citizens of Morrow and Umatilla counties for their concern and informa- tion,” according to the post on the sheriff ’s offi ce Facebook page. “MCSO would also like to extend our thanks to Herm- iston Police Department and Umatilla County Sheriff’s Offi ce for their assistance.” The post did not provide details of Beehler’s arrest. The Morrow County Sheriff ’s Offi ce Communi- cation Center at 6:31 p.m. March 9 received a 911 call from a woman in the Board- man area, according to a press release from the sher- iff ’s offi ce, reporting a family altercation and that she heard a gunshot. Law enforcement person- nel from the sheriff ’s offi ce and the Boardman Police Department immediately responded, along with the Morrow County District Attorney’s Office. The sheriff’s office reported a 58-year-old man died from the shooting. The sheriff ’s off ice reported it was looking for Beehler, who left the scene in the family’s red Chevrolet Cavalier and was “considered armed and dangerous.” State cour t records show Beehler has numer- ous convictions in Umatilla County starting in 2009 for traffi c and hunting violations, and has an ongoing hit-and- run case in Morrow County Circuit Court that began in October 2021. Erick Peterson/East Oregonian A toppled and burned mobile home sits in Irrigon on Thursday, March 10, 2022, days after a fi re. Investigation ends with no known cause of Irrigon mobile home fi re By ERICK PETERSON East Oregonian LOCAL BRIEFING Umatilla County COVID-19-related deaths hit 205 UMATILLA COUNTY — Umatilla County Public Health in the span of three days reported four more deaths related to COVID-19. The county’s total number of deaths related to the disease as of Friday, March 11, stands at 205. The county on March 8 reported two deaths, then one each on March 9 and 10. The county’s 202nd death with COVID-19 is a 62-year- old woman who tested posi- tive on Feb. 4 and died March 4 at Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston. The 203rd death is a 59-year-old man who tested positive on Feb. 8 and died Feb. 28 at Kadlec Medical Center, Richland, Washing- ton. The 204th death is a 65-year-old woman who tested positive Feb. 3 and died the same day at Good Shepherd Medical Center. And Umatilla County’s 205th death with COVID-19 is an 89-year-old man who tested positive Jan. 6 and died Jan. 16 at Willowbrook Terrace, Pendleton. The county health depart- ment also reported the total number of COVID-19 cases in the county is 22,266 as of March 10. — EO Media Group IRRIGON — Fire offi cials do not know the cause of a fire late Monday night, March 7, that destroyed a mobile home in Irrigon. Mike Hughes, Boardman Fire Rescue District chief, said when firefighters arrived they found the fi re to be “fully involved,” meaning the fi re and smoke were so great fi refi ghters could not enter the structure until water was placed on it. According to the chief, the fi re was threatening three other structures. “Irrigon Fire and Boardman Fire basi- cally surrounded the fully involved struc- ture and protected the other ones from Full-time Cheese Manufacturing Full-time Cheese Opportunities! Manufacturing 24th 9:30am-4:00pm March Opportunities! igniting,” he said. 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