MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police say Jackson County sheriff’s deputies fatally shot an armed man Wednesday at an outdoor marijuana grow site in southern Oregon north of Medford.
State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings says sheriff’s office SWAT deputies and marijuana eradication teams were searching the site on Bureau of Land Management property north of Sams Valley when they encountered a man armed with a loaded shotgun.
Hastings says two deputies reportedly fired at the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene. A second man fled.
Neither the dead man nor the deputies was immediately identified.
Oregon State Police are investigating the shooting with help from the Jackson County major crimes team.
