CEDAR FLAT, Ore. (KMTR) -- A woman is recovering from at least one gunshot wound after a deputy-involved shooting east of Springfield. The shooting happened on Cedar Flat Road in the Cedar Flat area sometime after 10 p.m. on Monday, April 2, 2012.
The Lane County Sheriff's Office told NewsSource 16 that a deputy shot a woman in the driveway of a home at the end of the road on the 87000 block of Cedar Flat Road.
Deputies say the adult woman was shot at least once. She was taken to a local hospital shortly after and is expected to recover from her injuries. No one else was hurt in the shooting.
Deputies say the woman who was shot was armed with a gun. Initially, the call came in to Deputies as a report of a physical dispute between adult family members.
Neighbors told NewsSource 16 they heard some kind of argument before the shooting.
As of Tuesday morning at 3:45 a.m., the Lane County Sheriff's Office has not released the name of the woman shot, or any other information in the case. Deputies and on-scene incident command declined an on-camera interview with NewsSource 16 ion early Tuesday morning.
Neighbors told NewsSource 16 that several people were on the property at the time of the shooting. NewsSource 16 witnessed several other people being taken into custody from the house on Tuesday morning.
The county's Interagency Deadly Force Investigation Team (IDFIT) is now investigating the shooting, with Springfield Police leading the investigation. Investigators are expected to be on scene all of Tuesday morning.
This is a developing news story. NewsSource 16 will update this article with new information when it becomes available. Also, tune in to NewsSource Today from 5 to 7 a.m. and NewsSource 16 at 5, 5:30, 6:30 and 11 p.m. Tuesday for the latest information.
(Read more about the Lane County IDFIT at the following link: http://www.lanecounty.org/Departments/DA/Documents/IDFITFAQfinalfinal.pdf.)
