According to a press release issued just after noon,Wednesday, july 13th, by the Brookings Police Department, very early Monday morning, July 11th, a 9-1-1 call was received by Bookings Police Department regarding an individual lying in the roadway on Hemlock St. near Fern St.
Brookings Police officers arrived within minutes of receiving the call and found a deceased 16 year old young man in the roadway at the location.
The Major Crimes Team was immediately activated and investigators from the Curry County Sheriff’s Office, the Oregon State Police, and the Curry County District Attorney’s Office joined the Brookings Police Department and the Oregon State Police Crime Lab to begin an investigation at the scene.
The Brookings Police Department, and the Major Crimes Team continue to actively investigate the incident as a homicide at this time, and do not believe there is an “increased danger to the community, and any further information will be released at the sole discretion of the District Attorney’s Office”.
Anyone with any information about this incident is encouraged to call the Brookings Police Department at 541-469-3118.
