Man found guilty in shooting of Salem police officer

JIMENEZ, JAIME LEE — Marion County Jail/KGW

Published December 13, 2019 9:09 am

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Salem man has been found guilty of shooting a veteran Salem police officer four times during a nighttime traffic stop on April 14.

The Statesman-Journal reports that Jaime Lee Jimenez, 39, was found guilty Thursday of premeditated, attempted aggravated murder following a stipulated facts trial before Marion County Judge Thomas Hart.

He also pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree assault, illegal possession of a firearm by a felon and dealing methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school.

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