The Umatilla-Morrow Major Crimes Team is investigating an apparent homicide in Milton-Freewater.
According to the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded Tuesday around 5:25 p.m. to a report of an unresponsive male on the ground next to a car off Elliot Road, approximately 200 yards south of Stateline Road.
Medics and law enforcement arrived and determined the man was deceased and had gunshot wounds. The man was identified as 37-year-old David Garcia-Morales of Milton-Freewater.
Detectives from Umatilla-Morrow Major Crimes Team, along with the Oregon State Police Crime Lab are actively investigating the case. The sheriff’s office said more information will be released as it becomes available.
This is the third apparent homicide in Umatilla County in the past three weeks. The Major Crimes Team is also investigating a homicide in Hermiston that occurred on June 9 and another that took place on June 20.
