Grand Jury Clears Lincoln County Deputy in Fatal Shooting of Armed Waldport Woman
Waldport, Oregon — A Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy was deemed justified in the fatal shooting of a 38-year-old woman after she brandished an AK-47 rifle at him, a grand jury concluded. The incident, which occurred last month, involved Deputy Ben Cloud, a seasoned officer with 11 years of service, and Virginia Lee Morris, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps residing in Waldport’s Township 13 neighborhood. The heightened confrontation began on Nov. 10, when a distressed call from a neighbor led deputies to respond to Morris’s home. Over the course of the evening, escalating threats … Read more