Salem Police seize weapon, arrest one adult and four teens in assault case

Salem, OR. – Official Release: Salem Police arrested four teenagers and one adult early Sunday in an assault incident in northeast Salem.

At approximately 4:30 a.m. Sunday, a police officer en route to work observed five male subjects physically assaulting a man in the area of Market ST and Hawthorne AV NE. The suspects then quickly fled the area in a vehicle. 

Salem officers responded in search of the suspect vehicle which was located about 20 minutes later by a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy near the intersection of Lancaster DR and Center ST NE. 

The occupants of the involved vehicle were apprehended without incident. A handgun was located inside the vehicle and seized. 

Horacio Chavez Soto, age 20, and Manuel Contreras Rivera, age 19, both of Salem were taken into custody. Both were lodged on the charge of riot, and each has since been released. 

Three juveniles, two age 16 and one age 17, were detained and transported to the Marion County Juvenile Department. One 16-year-old boy faces charges of riot and unlawful possession of a weapon (the firearm). The other two teens are charged with riot.