Around the State
Published 5:00 am Sunday, October 20, 2013
Ashland slaying — A suspect in the slaying of a 62-year-old Ashland man has been arrested at a Vancouver grocery store. KGW-TV reports U.S. Marshals swarmed an IGA grocery store and arrested Othon Robert Campos, Jr., of Medford, on Saturday morning. Campos has been indicted on murder, robbery and burglary charges in connection with the death of Frank Ronald Damiano, also known as Tony Della Pena. Police say Campos and Merlin Elmo Bound III broke into Damiano’s home at a mobile home park to rob him. Bound was arrested Tuesday. Campos is accused of aggravated murder.
Portland shooting — Police say two people were shot and wounded Friday night in north Portland. Officers say witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots just after 9:30 p.m. KATU-TV reports both victims were taken to hospitals. They were found about 70 feet away from each other. Their conditions were not known.
Roseburg ICU — The intensive care unit at the Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center won’t reopen, despite federal lawmakers’ requests. The ICU at the hospital closed in 2009. The Roseburg News-Review reports the hospital even stopped performing surgeries that require an overnight stay after a 61-year-old retired Army sergeant fell ill following a hernia operation and died of cardiac arrest in an ambulance en route to a Springfield hospital. The Roseburg VA Health Care System serves 26,000 veterans.