Salem teen accused of fatally shooting 16-year-old boy in South Salem

An 18-year-old Salem man was arrested for fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy early Sunday morning in south Salem.

David Ayon-Urbano was arrested for second-degree murder, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Sunday evening.

The sheriff's office said it would not identify the slain teen. The agency did not say why it was keeping the victim's name secret and provided no details about her death.

Sheriff's deputies responded shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday to a report that a teenager had been shot in the 5500 block of South Skyline Road, a residential neighborhood on the south outskirts of Salem.

“Attempts to provide emergency medical assistance to the juvenile were unsuccessful,” the sheriff’s office said in its statement. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The sheriff's office asked anyone who witnessed the shooting to call Detective Jessica Van Horn at 503-584-6211.

The agency did not respond to written questions sent Sunday afternoon, including questions about what led to the shooting and whether, if at all, the suspect and victim knew each other.

Ayon-Urbano is scheduled to be arraigned Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Marion County Court Annex, 4000 Aumsville Hwy. SE

The sheriff's office closed Skyline Road between Southeast Quail Run Lane and Southeast Davis Road after the shooting.

Contact journalist Ardeshir Tabrizian: [email protected] or 503-929-3053.

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