PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Woodburn police officer was found justified following a deadly shooting incident near the Woodburn Outlet mall in early May, a Marion County grand jury determined.
On May 2, police said they received a 911 call from a driver who said that a pedestrian had thrown a rock at her car.
The driver was going south on Arney Road towards the outlet mall and had slowed to navigate a turn when the suspect, Israel Hernandez-Martinez, stepped out and swung a pour-pronged tire iron at the car, hitting the driver’s side door, officials said.
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While the victim was still on the phone with 911, police said that another car pulled up and said their car had been with a crowbar as well…