Eugene Police identify victims in Wednesday shooting

by News Staff

Fri, November 8th 2019 at 9:27 AM

Updated Fri, November 8th 2019 at 9:28 AM

"When we got here what we found was an unusual situation that feels like a neighborhood situation that went really, really bad," Police Chief Chris Skinner said. "We have three victims right now with gunshot wounds that have been transported to area hospitals. Have no idea to the extent of their injuries whether they are life-threatening or not, and we have one shooter that is deceased from what looks like a self-inflicted gunshot wound."

{p}The Lane County Sheriff's Office, Oregon State Police and FBI all responded along with Eugene Police, Skinner said. "We just didn't know what we had," he said. "That's the tough part about this job when you have an active shooter: You don't know what you have but you go." (SBG){/p}

{p}Police are canvassing the neighborhood to learn more about what happened. "We're trying to better understand what happened and what precipitated this act of violence today," the chief said. "Tight now we have no idea if this is just a simple neighborhood dispute or something more." (SBG){/p}

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"When we got here what we found was an unusual situation that feels like a neighborhood situation that went really, really bad," Police Chief Chris Skinner said. "We have three victims right now with gunshot wounds that have been transported to area hospitals. Have no idea to the extent of their injuries whether they are life-threatening or not, and we have one shooter that is deceased from what looks like a self-inflicted gunshot wound."

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EUGENE, Ore. -- The Eugene Police Department has released the names of the victims in Wednesday's shooting in north Eugene.

The victims have been identified as:

Rosalina Gonzalez (No middle name), age 70
Jorge Gabriel Gonzalez, age 44
Carlos David Gonzalez, age 27

The suspect was identified Thursday as 66-year-old Carlos Alberto Angelo, police said.

The shooting occurred outside of residences in the 1900 block of Anthony Way.

"The shooting occurred during a dispute between neighbors," Eugene Police said in a statement.

"What we found was an unusual situation that feels like a neighborhood situation that went really, really bad," Police Chief Chris Skinner said Wednesday. "We have three victims right now with gunshot wounds that have been transported to area hospitals. Have no idea to the extent of their injuries whether they are life-threatening or not, and we have one shooter that is deceased from what looks like a self-inflicted gunshot wound."

Neighbors told reporters Thursday that they suspect the dispute was over fall leaves and a leaf blower.

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