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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Klamath County District Attorney’s Office announced that on August 22, 2023, Halie Harkins received a mandatory minimum 25-year to life prison sentence for shooting and killing Tyler Bates and injuring two other victims.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at 5:55 PM, Klamath County 911 received a report a female had just been shot at 12009 Clovis Drive.
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore. - On Sunday, August 7, 2022, at approximately 1:15 AM deputies from the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the 100 block of S. Lalo Avenue in Chiloquin on a report of shots heard. Upon arrival, deputies discovered two victims.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - A Klamath Falls man is shot by police after charging at them with a knife during a response to a fight at the White House Apartments. The Klamath County Major Crime Team investigates.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Monday, May 16, 2022, at approximately 4:25 pm, a Klamath Falls Police Officer stopped a motor vehicle, operated by Garrett Turnham, age 35, in the parking lot of Dickey’s Mini Store in Klamath Falls, Oregon. During the traffic stop, the Klamath Falls Police Officer was informed Mr. Turnham had a felony warrant for his arrest.
Read MoreOn December 16, 2021, arrests were made in the 2018 murder of Jack Hasbrouck. On March 21, 2018, Jack Hasbrouck’s body was discovered in a wooded area north of Beatty, OR, in Klamath County. It was apparent Mr. Hasbrouck had died as the result of homicidal violence. The Klamath County Major Crime Team was activated to investigate the murder of Mr. Hasbrouck.
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore. - At approximately 10:00 PM, Friday, October 22, 2021, deputies from the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office were along with EMS from Chiloquin Fire and Rescue were dispatched to the 300 block of Wasco Av. in Chiloquin. Upon arrival, first responders began CPR on Gabriel Moreno, 22 of Chiloquin.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Thursday, June 24, 2021, at approximately 3:36 AM, Klamath County 911 received an emergency call reporting a shooting had occurred at 2860 Frontage Road in Klamath Falls, OR.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Thursday, February 18th, 2021, members of the Klamath Falls Police Department responded to a report of an assault that had occurred in a vacant lot behind the Klamath Falls Gospel Mission. While responding to the scene, officers learned a victim had been stabbed and was lying in the vacant lot.
Read MoreJulie Marie Davis, has been arrested in connection to the murder investigation of Pedro Padilla Jr. Davis, a person of interest, was taken into custody by members of Klamath County’s Major Crime Team in the 6000 block of Shasta Way in Klamath Falls on Monday at approximately 3:00 PM.
Read MoreUPDATED - Names of victims and injured announced. Gillian Bradley, age 22, was arrested on charges of Murder, Conspiracy to Commit Murder, Attempted Murder, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Hindering Prosecution and Tampering with Evidence.
Read MoreAt approximately 2:00 AM on August 3, Klamath County 9-1-1 received a call from 1718 Wall Street in Klamath Falls. The reporting party was unable to provide significant details but indicated that someone was in need of medical attention.
EMTs and officers from the Klamath Falls Police Department responded to the call.
Read MoreOn May 9, 2019 at 2:33 a.m., Emergency Dispatch received a call from Rex Ronald Jones, 59, indicating he had shot Russell Sherman Gilbert and that Gilbert didn’t appear to be breathing.
The Klamath County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon State Police responded, and the deputies and troopers found the victim deceased. The homicide occurred on property on Cox Road in Crescent, Oregon.
Read MoreOn 10/05/18 just before 8:00am, an Officer Involved Shooting occurred in the Modoc Point area just off of US 97.
No officers were seriously injured and one male subject is deceased. Officers on scene are searching for a female who ran from the incident described as a white female adult in gray sweatpants.
Read More[UPDATE] On Friday June 1st, 2018 at approximately 10:30 PM investigators with the Klamath County Major Crime Team were informed that Julie Hardt has been pronounced deceased. Julie Hardt had succumbed to her injuries suffered at her residence during the assault yesterday afternoon. Cheney Hardt was arrested at the scene and lodged.
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