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Suspect attempted to stab person at bus stop in Salem, Salem OR

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Assault

Reported: 12/5/2025 08:53 AM

Lancaster Dr, Salem, OR 97305

A suspect attempted to stab a person at a bus stop near Market and Lancaster Streets in Salem. The suspect is described as a white male with facial hair wearing a blue checkered shirt. He was accompanied by a female with a green raincoat and multiple shopping carts. The suspect still had a knife during the incident.

Audio|Heard on: Salem Police Dispatch

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01:43

Transcript:

00:00

District 4, we have a Minnis Market in Lancaster at the bus stop.

00:09

396, I'm at Market in Lancaster now if you want a different way to that.

00:15

I copy. It's a suspect pulled an iPhone caller and attempting to stab him.

00:19

You're looking for a white male, short, bald, facial hair, blue checkered shirt.

00:28

3.4. Do you have a direction to travel?

00:34

Negative. It looks like the suspect is with a female in multiple shopping carts.

00:39

She's a Hispanic female with brown hair, green raincoat.

00:47

It's like they're walking west down on market.

00:51

The lay of three.

00:56

If our complainants getting on the bus, can we get a destination for her? We can contact her?

01:06

I copy.

01:12

For him.

01:14

I copy. It looks like the suspect still has a knife on them.

01:22

304-228 myself from the area UTL right now near Denny's.

01:32

396, before you disconnect, can you confirm that the comp wants to be a victim in press charges?

01:41

I'm on the phone with them right, I'm asking.

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Location mentioned:

Lancaster Dr, Salem, OR 97305

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Comments ⸱ 3

ai is a total dis-service to the public. when a crime is committed in public we need an accurate and precise description of the perpetrator. Something ai is totally incapable of.

this is why the 2nd Amendment shall not be infringed upon. Protecting yourself and your family is #1 priority. Oregon is ass backwards when it comes to this.n

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