PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 32-year-old woman who was found during a welfare check by Salem firefighters with a gunshot wound later died from her injuries.
Amanda Marie Mankins was found wounded when firefighters went to a house in the 1100 block of Norway Avenue NE around 1:20 a.m., the Salem Police Department said.
Mankins was rushed to Salem Health but succumbed later in the day. Authorities launched a homicide investigation and on Friday arrested Matthew Hansen, who was in a domestic relationship with Mankins.
Hansen, 29, was charged with 2nd-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon.
