Salem man arrested for alleged bias crime against Hispanic family

Yahoo10-02-2025

A 27-year-old Salem man was arrested Sunday after allegedly menacing a Hispanic family and shouting "racially-charged remarks," Salem Police said.
Officers responded to a call shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday in the 2100 block of Coral Ave. NE of a man who police said "brandished a shotgun" at two adults and a young girl who were waiting for a tow truck.
The man approached the family with the gun and shouted racial remarks, the release said.
He was taken to Marion County Jail and was scheduled to be arraigned Monday on three charges of unlawful use of a weapon and three charges of bias crimes.
Isabel Funk covers breaking news and public safety for the Statesman Journal. Funk can be reached at ifunk@statesmanjournal.com or on X at @isabeldfunk
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