KMED NEWS FOR MONDAY 2/9/26
SATURDAY AFTERNOON A 43-YEAR OLD GRANTS PASS WOMAN SHOOTING A GUN IN THE STREET WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE. IT HAPPENED AROUND 12:30 WITH SEVERAL 9-1-1- CALLS SAYING A WOMAN, LATER IDENTIFIED AS ALICIA SHELTON, WAS SHOOTING IN THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE GRANTS PASS PARKWAY AND M STREET. OSP SAYS POLICE ORDERED SHELTON TO DROP THE GUN, SHE REFUSED, SO OFFICERS OPENED FIRE. SHELTON WAS TAKEN TO THREE RIVERS MEDICAL CENTER WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT. OREGON STATE POLICE IS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION.
TWO NON-CITIZENS DETAINED BY ICE IN MEDFORD ARE SUING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, CLAIMING THEIR DETAINMENT VIOLATED THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. THE DAILY COURIER REPORTS DISTRICT JUDGE MICHAEL H. SIMON GRANTED SEVERAL OF THE PETITION’S REQUEST. THE PETITION ALLEGED THAT THE AGENTS DID NOT IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, DID NOT CITE PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE STOP AND DID NOT PRODUCE A WARRANT BEFORE HANDCUFFING AND ARRESTING THE PETITIONERS.
TROUBLE ON THE TRAIN TRACKS IN OREGON, THE THIRD REPORTED DERAILMENT IN THE LAST 18 DAYS AS SEVERAL UNION PACIFIC BOX CARS WENT ON THE GROUND YESTERDAY IN THE EUGENE YARD. THIS COMING AFTER RAIL DERAILMENTS IN TOLEDO OREGON A PORTLAND & WESTERN RAILROAD TRAIN HEADED FROM TOLEDO TO ALBANY DERAILED ON JAN. 21 WHILE CROSSING A WOODEN TRESTLE OVER OLALLA SLOUGH.
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS PUTTING OUT THE CALL FOR BLOOD DONATIONS, THE SUPPLY IN OREGON DROPPING NEARLY A THIRD OVER THE PAST MONTH. RED CROSS BLAMING WINTER STORMS AND FLU SEASON MAKING THE SHORTAGE WORSE, THEY’RE HOPING YOU’LL SOON ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVE.