UPDATE: The investigation into Tuesday afternoon's officer-involved shooting is continuing today by the Klamath County Major Crimes Team, Oregon State Police (OSP) Criminal Investigation Division, Klamath County District Attorney's Office, Umatilla County District Attorney's Office, and Umatilla/Morrow County Major Crimes Team. An update on the investigations is provided in this release.
ALBERTO QUIROZ MARTINEZ, age 28, was treated at a Bend area hospital for a superficial head wound after he was shot by an OSP SWAT team member May 1, 2012 at approximately 4:50 p.m. MARTINEZ was released Tuesday night and lodged in the Deschutes County Jail on a Parole Violation warrant. Additional charges are pending related to investigations in Umatilla and Klamath counties.
Investigators confirmed that following several hours of negotiations with MARTINEZ barricaded inside a remote Crescent Lake-area cabin, MARTINEZ was in possession of a knife as he held his victim, MELODY KAYE MICKEL, age 26, at close quarters as a human shield when they exited the cabin and he was shot.
MICKEL was released unharmed and was later transported from the scene by officers to meet with investigators. She was held against her will at the cabin since she was reported missing.
The name of the OSP trooper is withheld pending the ongoing investigation and interviews. The 35-year old trooper, an 11-year OSP veteran, is on paid administrative leave, a routine step taken in officer-involved shootings.
The cabin location is also withheld until investigators conclude their work today at the scene.
According to the Klamath County District Attorney's Office, their office will present the investigation before a grand jury when completed.
Questions regarding the original investigation in Umatilla County should be directed to Umatilla County Undersheriff Terry Rowan.
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UPDATE: A suspect sought in connection with a Umatilla County missing person case received a non-life threatening gunshot wound Tuesday afternoon when he was shot by an Oregon State Police (OSP) trooper assigned to the SWAT team during a standoff at a remote Crescent Lake-area cabin in northern Klamath County. The female victim reported missing was rescued and not injured. The names of the two people and information authorized for release by investigators is provided in this update.
On May 1, 2012 in the late morning hours, law enforcement officers responded to a report that a vehicle associated with a Umatilla County missing person case was spotted near a cabin in the Crescent Lake area. Upon confirming the report, officers secured the area and the OSP SWAT team responded to the scene. Negotiators made contact with two people inside later confirmed as suspect ALBERTO QUIROZ MARTINEZ, age 28, and a female identified as MELODY KAYE MICKEL, age 26, from Hermiston. According to Umatilla County Sheriff's Office, MICKEL was reported missing under suspicious circumstances April 27, 2012, and MARTINEZ was a suspect in her disappearance.
After several hours of negotiations with the male suspect, at approximately 4:50 p.m. MARTINEZ exited the cabin with the woman in close quarters as a human shield. During the standoff outside the cabin, MARTINEZ was shot once by an OSP SWAT team member and received a non-life threatening injury. MICKEL was released unharmed and was later transported from the scene by officers to meet with investigators. She reportedly was held against her will at the cabin since she was reported missing.
MARTINEZ was transported by ambulance to an undisclosed hospital for treatment. Information regarding any weapons or where he was shot is not released at this time.
The officer-involved shooting will be investigated by the Klamath County Major Crimes Team, with the assistance of OSP and Klamath County District Attorney's Office. No other information to be released at this time.
OSP was also assisted by U.S. Forest Service, FBI, Deschutes County Sheriff's Office, Umatilla County Sheriff's Office, Umatilla County District Attorney's Office, and Klamath County Sheriff's Office.
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UPDATE:The hostage situation at Crescent Lake concluded shortly before 5:00 p.m. when an adult male was shot by Oregon State Police and received a non-life threatening injury. An adult female inside the cabin was not injured.
Family members confirm the adult female is Melody ;MIckel, a 26 year old Hermiston woman kidnapped last Thursday by her ex-boyfriend. The cabin belongs to Mickel's grandparents. The officer-involved shooting will be investigated by the Klamath County Major Crimes Team with the assistance of OSP.
OSP is being assisted by U.S. Forest Service, Deschutes County Sheriff's Office and Klamath County Sheriff's Office.
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HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) - The Umatilla County Sheriff's Office says police have found a car associated with the kidnapping of a Hermiston woman believed to have been abducted by her ex-boyfriend last week.
The car was found at a cabin near Crescent Lake, nearly 300 miles from where Melody Kaye Mickel disappeared last Thursday.
Separately, Oregon State Police say a man has barricaded himself in a cabin near Crescent Lake and a SWAT team was negotiating with him. They would not say whether he is the suspected abductor.
Mickel is believed to have gotten into the car of ex-boyfriend Alberto Quiroz Martinez after leaving work at a Hermiston drug store last Thursday.
Mickel is 26. Martinez is a 28-year-old agricultural worker who has served time for attempted rape and kidnapping.
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Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing to negotiate with an adult male who is holding an adult female hostage inside a cabin in the Crescent Lake area in northern Klamath County. There are no known injuries to anyone involved.
An OSP SWAT Team is on scene and the area has been contained while negotiators communicate with the persons inside the cabin. Law enforcement responded to the area Tuesday morning after receiving information that a vehicle of interest in a missing person case in Umatilla County had been spotted in the area.
OSP will update this situation upon conclusion. No other information will be released at this time while negotiations are continuing in order to resolve the situation safely for everyone involved.
OSP is being assisted by US. Forest Service, Deschutes County Sheriff's Office and Klamath County Sheriff's Office.
