Active shooter safeway bend Oregon
BREAKING NEWS; Police and medics rushed to the Safeway at the Forum Shopping Center in northeast Bend this evening on reports of an active-shooter situation with one or two gunmen and possibly multiple victims. We have crews at the scene/on the way.
Police were called to Safeway at the Forum Mall in northeast Bend on Sunday night, reporting that one or two gunmen were active, with possible multiple casualties.
Just after 7 p.m., the Deschutes County 911 dispatcher received numerous calls. Multiple reports of gunshots were heard in the mall area on Highway 20 and NE 27th Street.
Some callers reportedly said they saw someone dressed in black, while others said it may have been a man with two duffel bags entering the grocery store.
Others heard gunfire from nearby Costco to the east.
“An active investigation has been launched in the Forum Mall area. Please avoid this area. More updates to follow as the investigation continues,” Bend police said in a tweet.
Paramedics from the Bend Police Department, the Oregon State Police Department, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Deputy, the Oregon State Police Department, and the Bend Fire and Rescue Department received modifications at the scene, including armored vehicles, and they reported that one or more The suspect may have left the area.
