A Sweet Home woman was arrested Friday evening, Sept. 4, after allegedly shooting a man during an argument.
According to Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan, the Sheriff’s Office dispatch center received a 911 call at approximately 9:09 p.m. regarding an armed disturbance at a property in the 29000 block of Pleasant Valley Road near Sweet Home.
Deputies arrived at the nearly 30-acre property and found it contained multiple residences and recreation vehicles, in which people were living. Deputies learned multiple people had left the location prior to their arrival.
Deputies located Kurt Clark, 33, laying on the ground near his residence at the property. Deputies determined that Clark was highly intoxicated and had sustained a gunshot wound to his left hip. He was transported by ambulance to the Corvallis Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators spoke with multiple people on the property including Brandi Lei Libra, 46, also a resident of the property. Investigators were able to determine that both Clark and Libra were highly intoxicated and had gotten into a verbal altercation, which allegedly led to Libra shooting Clark.
Libra was arrested and transported to the Linn County Jail for second-degree assault. Investigators also determined that she had outstanding cite-and-release warrants for for first-degree theft and second-degree criminal mischief.
An investigation is ongoing and anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact Detective Scott Tennant at (541) 967-3950.