Officer cleared of wrongdoing in shooting during Selma-area homicide investigation
The Josephine County Sheriff s Office said that the officer involved is back on active duty, though the other drivers involved were never located.
Posted: Apr 15, 2021 2:46 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
SELMA, Ore. The officer who shot at an unidentified driver during a confrontation south of Lake Selmac last month has been cleared for a return to active duty, according to the Josephine County Sheriff s Office.
The officer-involved shooting followed the grim discovery of two bodies in a burned vehicle off McMullen Creek Road on March 24. According to newly-released details from the Sheriff s Office, the burned vehicle was found at the end of a logging road, several miles from Lakeshore Drive.
Grants Pass man arrested in deaths of 2 men found burned in car in southern Oregon
Updated Apr 04, 2021;
A 26-year-old Grants Pass man has been booked into jail on charges of first degree murder, abuse of a corpse and other offenses in connection with the deaths of two men whose bodies were found last month in a burned car in southwest Oregon.
The suspect was apprehended during a traffic stop in Cave Junction north of the Oregon-California border on Thursday, KOIN-TV reported. Harley Boitz faces additional charges of arson, felon in possession of a firearm and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
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