Lane County District Attourney

Crime, Law & Justice

District attorney rules December’s Five Rivers officer-involved shooting death was justified but 'a tragedy for all involved'

Quinton Smith

A 26-year-old man killed by police on a remote Five Rivers farm during a December manhunt shot at an Oregon State Police trooper after mistakenly thinking the officer was the man who had killed his friend hours earlier.
Crime, Law & Justice

DA Says Eugene Police Officer Justified In Shooting

Lane County District Attorney Alex Gardner announced Friday Eugene Police officer Will Stutesman was justified in firing his weapon at Brian Babb.On March…