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Wrongful death suit in Police shooting The family of Allan Dale Warner Jr., who was shot and killed in Madras earlier this year by law enforcement officers, has filed a civil lawsuit for wrongful death, and use of excessive and deadly force. Mr. Warner was 26 at the time of his passing. The incident happened on Feb- ruary 20 in Madras along High- way 97 in the south part of town. Law enforcement officers from the Madras Police Department, Jefferson County’s Sheriff ’s Office and Oregon State Police were re- sponding at the time to a report of a street fight at that location. At least six officers were on the scene during the incident. Cir- cumstances of the shooting re- main unclear. Following the shooting, authori- ties commissioned an indepen- dent investigation, conducted by the Bend Police Department. The independent investigation is then referred to the Oregon Depart- ment of Justice, which is not commenting as the matter is pending. After the shooting, a video taken by a bystander was released to news sources. The video shows law enforcement officers were in Homeowners’ assistance fund still available for limited time The Warm Springs Housing Authority still has some funding available for applicants who qualify through the Authority’s Homeowners Assistance Fund. These are assistance funds that Housing has made available since the pandemic, and are now close to conclusion. The criteria to qualify are is as follows: The applicant must be a homebuyer, the unit must be homebuyer’s primary residence, and located within the boundaries of the reservation. The household income must be at 150-percent of the area me- dian income. The applicant must be a mem- ber of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. The home- owner must attest that the house- hold was financially impacted by Covid-19. The grant for each household is $4,000 towards the mortgage, and up to $4,000 in insurance pre- mium. This is a one-time grant. Stop by Housing for an applica- tion. 2025 Pi-Ume-Sha Parade results These are the results of the Fifty- Sixth Annual Pi-Ume-Sha Tradi- tional Dress Parade: Men’s Horseback: Dylan Heath, and Hayden Heath. Women’s Horseback: Pat Heemsah, and Brigette McConville. Teen Girls Horseback: Kylah Suppah. Youth Girls Horseback: Alvina Polk, Jolene Spencer, and Hayley Heemsah. Teen Boys Walkers: Silas Martinez, Taven Slockish, and SunHawk Morning. Teen Girls Walkers: Raven Lloyd, Paulah Tomma, and Shasta Tailfeathers. Youth Boys Walkers: Leo Fay, Glendon LeClaire, and Kailyn Caldera. Youth Girls Walkers: Caldera. Adult Men Walkers: Lighten- ing Paul, Jacob Billy, and Phil Allen. Adult Women Walkers: Kristin Calica, Edith Walsy, and Katrina Miller. Traditional Floats: Clarice Paul, Vanessa Crane, and Alana Harvey. Contemporary Floats: Indian Head Casino, Columbia River In- ter-Tribal Fish Commission, and Kah-Nee-Ta Resort. The Parade Committee wants to encourage more teepees to be put up, so we paid the people to set up teepees this year, and hopefully that would encourage more people to set up next year. No contest, just pay: Sara Scott, Brenda Scott, Nola Queahpama, Wilbur Slockish, Audrey and Toni Polk, and Chris Requa. the process of detaining Mr. Warner at the time he was shot and killed. His family recently filed notice of a lawsuit against the Madras Police Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff ’s Office. The tort claim notice is for wrong- ful death, and excessive and deadly force. “To date, no public information has been provided to us identifying the actual law enforcement individu- als involved in Mr. Warner Jr.’s death,” the civil notice says. “We intend to sue all law enforcement officers in their individual capacity as well.” Fishery (from page 1) With Warm Springs in oppo- sition to Grand Ronde agree- ment are the Yakama Nation, the Nez Perce, and the Confed- erated Umatilla tribes. The coalition of the four Columbia River treaty tribes in petitioning the state empha- sized that the Grand Ronde agreement interfered with the four Columbia treaty tribes’ own fishing, hunting and gath- ering rights. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is the only feder- ally recognized tribe in Oregon that is bound by a consent de- cree, a condition placed on the tribe’s sovereignty that signifi- cantly restricts the hunting and fishing rights of tribal mem- bers. In February, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Andrea Sali- nas introduced legislation to re- negotiate those rights. The other tribes, which do not operate under the same limitations, have long chafed at the state’s agreement with the Grand Ronde tribe, par- ticularly around fishing rights at Willamette Falls. Their opposition led to the exclusion of Willamette Falls from the 2023 memorandum of agreement.
