Marijuana Grow Shooting Sends One to Hospital

On Saturday, October 10th, just before 4:30am, Deputies from the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to Lower River Road for a reported robbery.

Upon arrival, Deputies contacted a witness who reported seeing their neighbor being shot at by suspected robbers. Deputies located a marijuana grow and several workers associated with the marijuana grow. The potential victim was not located at the incident location.

At approximately 5:40am a male subject with a gunshot wound checked himself into Three Rivers Medical Center. The male subject is confirmed to be the victim who was shot at Lower River Road location.

The Josephine County Major Crimes team consisting of the Oregon State Police, Grants Pass Department of Public Safety and Josephine County District Attorney’s Office has been activated to investigate this incident with the Sheriff’s Office.