Shootout on Hwy. 126, June 26

Gunfire erupted Saturday night, June 24, on Hwy. 126, just east of Florence as Lane Co. Sheriff’s deputies were involved in a vehicle pursuit and shots were fired.  The pursuit ended when the suspect was shot and killed by the deputies about 7:30 p.m., a mile east of Florence near the Three Rivers Casino entrance.  No officers were wounded, but some members received injuries unrelated to the gunfire according to officials.  The east-west route was closed into the late hours of the evening disrupting traffic between the Coast and Eugene.