Police block off the Debs Potts Memorial Bridge on the Grants Pass Parkway after a woman with a gun was fatally shot by police there on Saturday. Video shows the woman pointed a gun at police at least twice.
By Vickie Aldous of the Daily Courier
A woman identified as Alicia Shelton, 43, of Grants Pass was shot and killed by police on the Grants Pass Parkway bridge on Saturday after firing handguns in the area and pointing a gun at police at least twice, according to Oregon State Police and video of the incident.
At about 12:30 p.m., the Grants Pass Police Department responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a woman in the roadway at the intersection of the Grants Pass Parkway and M Street firing handguns, OSP said.
Cadence Morales and Jade McGowan won individual championships to lift Grants Pass to the girls’ team title at the 43-team Cottage Grove Invitational wrestling tournament on Saturday.
Morales, after pinning Ivaya Gardner of Sutherlin in her semifinal match, outdistanced Gracie Williams of Harrisburg 13-9 in the 105-pound finals.
A drug bust in Grants Pass yielded approximately 40 pounds of methamphetamine, one of the largest seizures ever in the area, authorities announced Monday.
The Grants Pass Police Department, federal Drug Enforcement Administration and other partners carried out the drug bust, which occurred Saturday in the Grants Pass Home Depot parking lot on Northeast Mill Street.
A Zoom presentation about David Austin roses, a highly fragrant English rose variety, will be featured at this month’s meeting of the Rogue Valley Rose Society.
The meeting will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Our Lady of the River Catholic Church, 3625 N. River Road in Rogue River.
For more information, contact Anne Hearon at ahhearon@gmail.com.
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