Officer Involved Shooting

An officer involved shooting is under investigation in Salem. It reportedly happened around 9am Monday, when Salem Police officers were involved in a deadly use of force incident resulting in the death of a suspect at the Walmart parking lot. Police say a confrontation in which the suspect fired at least once at officers led to at least one patrol vehicle being hit by bullets. Officers fired back, and the suspect died at the scene. Nobody else was hurt. The suspect has been identified as 27 year old Michael Compton, who was found to have multiple warrants for his arrest in several counties.