Woman tumbles down garbage chute — A woman fell 16 stories down a garbage chute Monday afternoon and was taken to Oregon Health & Science University with life-threatening head injuries, according to Portland Fire and Rescue. The fire department tweeted around 1:15 p.m. that witnesses had seen the woman get into a garbage chute. Crews found her in the garbage collection area. Fire spokesman Rich Chatman said the woman was not a resident of the building, and he did not know how she got inside. “I can say there was a mental health component involved,” he said. Chatman said police would not be filing charges against the woman.

Emergency communication tower toppled — Authorities say an emergency communication tower near the Oregon Coast has fallen and been destroyed, causing over $60,000 in damage. The Coos County Sheriff’s Office is offering a reward for the identification and conviction of the people responsible. The damage was discovered Monday morning when a deputy responded to a call of criminal mischief on Coos Mountain. Authorities determined the wires holding up the Coos Mountain Repeater site were cut. The sheriff’s office says the tower is used for emergency communication for loggers, fire personnel and ham radio operators and is an integral piece of infrastructure in the region especially now as fire season begins.

Road rage shooting — Authorities say a car was struck by gunfire following a parking dispute at a gas station northwest of Portland early Sunday. Washington County Sheriff’s Detective Robert Rookhuyzen says a man drove up to a BMW sedan that had stopped at a gas station in Rock Creek and commented about how it was parked. Rookhuyzen says shots were fired at the BMW after it got back on the road. The car was hit at least twice, shattering the rear window and leaving a bullet hole in the trunk. The driver and passenger in the BMW were not injured. Authorities have not released a description of the suspected shooter or his vehicle.

Bear killed after people fed it — Oregon wildlife officials have killed a young black bear that people have been feeding and taking photos with. State biologists determined last week the 100-pound male bear could not be relocated because it had grown accustomed to people. Biologists found the bear eating trail mix and other snacks left for him near Henry Hagg Lake west of Portland. One of them, Kurt License, says the bear was too habituated to people, so it posed a risk to human safety. Rick Swart, with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, says a habituated bear is unlikely to stay away from people if it’s relocated. Swart says people should never feed wild animals.