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Man killed in Eugene shooting
By Greg Bolt
The Register-Guard
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Eugene police are investigating a homicide that left a railroad worker dead early Saturday morning.
Police were called to the area of West Second Street and Cleveland Street shortly before 5 a.m. and found a 44-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound, a report said. The body was found in an industrial area near the railroad tracks.
A Eugene Police Department spokeswoman said the victim was an employee of the Portland & Western Railroad. He was found by a co-worker.
No further information was being released pending further investigation and notification of the victim’s family. Anyone with information about about the incident is asked to call the police department tip line at 541-682-8888.
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