Despite early report, Oakridge man killed by police was not on drugs
An Oakridge family is setting the record straight about their loved one after he was shot and killed by police.
Posted: Feb 5, 2021 1:23 PM
Updated: Feb 5, 2021 6:07 PM
Posted By: Jacob Roberts
OAKRIDGE, Ore. – An Oakridge family is setting the record straight about their loved one after he was shot and killed by police during an altercation in October 2019. Family members of Marcus Hartsfield, 27, said toxicology reports confirmed he was not on drugs, contrary to what was initially reported by the Lane County District Attorney’s Office.
Hartsfield was killed by an Oakridge Police officer after the officer responded to a home on Rainbow Street for reports of a suicide in progress. When he arrived, the officer found Hartsfield in a fight with several other people, all covered in blood. The officer said Hartsfield lunged at him with what was later determined to be a razor blade before he shot him.