Southern Oregon Shooting, July 23

On July 21, 2015 at about 6:00PM, OSP Troopers and the Josephine County Sheriff’s Department responded to the report of a menacing at 808 Placer Road in Sunny Valley. An initial 911 call to Josephine County 911 indicated that the caller had a gun pointed at him. While troopers were responding, information came in that shots had been fired and two people had been shot. Upon arriving on scene, emergency personnel found two males suffering from gunshot wounds. Brian LEQUE, age 42, and Robert GREINKE, age 41, both of Sunny Valley, were suffering from gunshot wounds. Both were taken to a local hospital for treatment. Preliminary investigation reveals that both LEQUE and GREINKE reside at the same residence and are neighbors to Donald W BARRETT, age 65. A disturbance occurred, which resulted in BARRETT shooting LEQUE and GREINKE. BARRETT was subsequently arrested and lodged at the Josephine County Jail for two counts of Assault I and two counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon.