Major Crime Team Investigates Shooting Death

The Wasco County Major Crimes Team is searching for a “person of interest” as they investigate the shooting death of a man whose body was found early Thursday morning in a trailer about 12 miles east of The Dalles.  According to the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the trailer at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday after receiving an emergency call about a man with what was described as a “long gun” inside the trailer without permission.  Upon arrival, deputies found a white male in approximately his mid-20’s dead from apparent gunshot wounds, and located a single weapon.  The victim’s name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, and a shooter has been identified but has not been named as the investigation is on-going.  No one has been arrested, and the Sheriff’s Office indicated all parties involved have been cooperative.  The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating 24-year-old Corey James Widmer, who is described as a “person of interest” in the case, and is five-feet-nine inches tall, weighing 145 pounds.  Anyone who might have information about the incident or where Widmer is are asked to call the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office at 541-506-2580.

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