EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A Lane County sheriff’s spokesman says a man found fatally shot near church property in north Eugene was a former Eugene police union president.
The Register-Guard reports (https://is.gd/lOPygn ) that Sgt. David Bones says the man who died Tuesday was identified as 44-year-old Erik Humphrey.
Police Chief Pete Kerns said Humphrey worked 20 years as a community service officer in Eugene. The chief called him a “kind, gentle and conscientious man.”
Lane County sheriff’s officials are investigating the death. They have declined to release details.
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Information from: The Register-Guard, https://www.registerguard.com
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