Woman Struck By Bullet While Driving I-5 Through Jackson County

KLCC | By Brian Bull

Published August 20, 2020 at 2:52 PM PDT

A woman driving north on I-5 was shot Wednesday night (August 19). Authorities believe it’s connected to previous shootings of vehicles reported along a three-county stretch of the interstate which began in late May.

Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency crews responded to the incident, which occurred at 9:45pm near milepost 37 in Jackson County.

The woman was struck with a bullet, taken to a hospital, and then released after being treated for her injuries.

Until now, the person -or persons- responsible for the shootings only struck vehicles in Jackson, Douglas, and Josephine Counties.

Oregon State Police urge anyone with information to contact them (1-800-442-2068, refer to case #SP20-235168.)

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Crime, Law & Justice highway shootings

Brian Bull

Brian Bull is a part-time reporter for the KLCC News department, and first began working with the station in 2016. He's been a senior reporter with the Native American media organization Buffalo's Fire, and a journalism professor at the University of Oregon.

In his 30 years working as a public media journalist, Bull has worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (25 regional), the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from the Indigenous Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.

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