Michael Conley
Male, White
Date of the incident: 4/30/2014
Salem, Marion, OR
4700 Lancaster Drive NE
4700 Lancaster Drive NE
A man was shot at least once in the head by a Salem Police officer after threatening the officer with a knife in northeast Salem early Wednesday, April 30. It started when Officer David Baker was dispatched to the Salem Arbor Townhouse Condominiums, in the 4700 block of Lancaster Drive NE, on a report of a domestic disturbance at 7:13 a.m. When Baker arrived, he was confronted by 47-year-old Michael Conley, who was brandishing a knife. According to Salem Police, Conley advanced on Baker with the knife, despite orders to put the knife down. An officer could be heard over the scanner telling dispatchers: "He's coming at me with the knife, telling me to shoot him.