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By Chris Conrad, Mail Tribune, March 25, 2012 Toxicology report on Elias Ruiz called ‘surprising’ because of his actions before fatal Medford incident A toxicology report performed on Elias Angel Ruiz showed the 18-year-old was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol when police shot him dead on Jan. 22 after he charged them […]
By James Mazzocco, on BlueOregon.com It was January 25, and Brad Morgan wanted to die. Maybe it was earlier. He had problems. A day, a week, or a month before — nobody can know for sure. All the same, Brad Morgan knew it was time. A tragic event has the power to cause us to […]
By Damian Mann, Mail Tribune, February 23, 2012 An 18-year-old west Medford man shot and killed by police Jan. 22 after he charged them with a knife had been arrested five weeks earlier in Santa Cruz, Calif., on suspicion of assault. “He used a baseball bat and hit his father,” said Jesus Delgadillo, assistant district […]
By Chris Conrad, Mail Tribune, Thursday, February 09, 2012 After a five-hour hearing, it took a grand jury just six minutes to rule that Medford police were justified in the shooting of 18-year-old Elias Angel Ruiz outside his mother’s home Jan. 22. The Jackson County grand jury heard testimony Wednesday from 14 witnesses, including the […]
By Damian Mann, Mail Tribune, January 23, 2012 A west Medford neighborhood is reeling after a police officer shot to death an 18-year-old Sunday after he brandished a butcher knife on his front porch — the second time law enforcement has used deadly force in a little more than two weeks. Elias Angel Ruiz, who […]
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