Armed Suspect Arrested After Swift Officer Response

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: September 18, 2025
CONTACT: Salem Police Communications Office | [email protected]

Salem, Ore. - On September 24, 2025, at 12:03 a.m., officers responded to a report of a confrontation that led to shots being fired in a parking lot on Silverton Road, near Hawthorne Avenue NE.

Witnesses reported that a man, later identified as Jeffery Holland, 53, of Salem, exposed himself to a woman and her family while they were sitting in their vehicle. Holland began banging on the vehicle's windows before returning to his nearby shop, retrieving a rifle, and reportedly firing at the victim's vehicle as it drove away.

The woman called 911 and reported the incident, telling the dispatcher they were being chased by a truck as they left the area.

The dispatcher patched the call directly to a responding patrol officer, allowing accurate updates from the caller about her current location. This helped officers quickly locate and safely stop both the victim and the vehicle following her.

Holland was taken into custody and jailed for unlawful use of a weapon, menacing, reckless endangering, public indecency, and interfering with a peace officer.

Detectives from the Strategic Investigations Unit were called in to assist with the investigation. Officers recovered multiple rifle casings, while detectives wrote a search warrant for Holland's shop and recovered two rifles during the search. The investigation is ongoing.

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