Keizer police arrest 2 Salem men, seek third suspect in Keizer Station shooting
May 14, 2026
Two Salem men have been arrested and a third is being sought in connection with a shooting that put a bullet in the head of a man driving his family home from Keizer Station last February.
Officers from the Keizer Police Department, Salem Police Department and Marion County Sheriff’s Office mad
e the arrests Wednesday, May 13, at two locations in Salem.
Ethan A. Armenta-Lagunas, 20, of Salem, was arrested in a pre-dawn SWAT operation at an apartment complex on Southeast Madras Street. He was accused of first-degree assault, first-degree criminal mischief, unlawful use of a weapon and recklessly endangering another person.
Keizer police said several firearms were found in his apartment.
Gabriel “Alex” Javier, 18, of Salem, was arrested by Keizer police and sheriff’s deputies in east Salem at a location on Southeast Monroe Avenue. He was accused of first-degree assault, first-degree criminal mischief, unlawful use of a weapon and recklessly endangering another person.
Lt. Trevor Wenning of Keizer police said in a press release that officers have a warrant to arrest a third suspect in the shooting. He identified the man as Anthony Taylor-Manriquez, 22, of Salem, who “should be considered armed and dangerous.”
Anyone with information about him is asked to call Keizer police at 503-390-3713.
The shooting occurred the night of Feb. 9 when bullets struck a car carrying a Salem family. One bullet lodged in the head of Marcio Garcia, who was driving. His wife and two children, ages 2 and 7, were also in the car but were uninjured.
Garcia, 28, and his family were at the intersection of Northeast Ulali Drive and Keizer Station Boulevard after stopping at the nearby In-N-Out Burger outlet.
The father managed to drive himself to the Keizer Fire District hall about two miles away, where medics treated him and then took him to Salem Hospital.
Doctors decided at the time to leave the bullet but Garcia returned to the hospital in late February for a successful operation that removed it, according to a Gofundme page.
A second person was treated at the hospital for a bullet wound suffered in the same area at the same time. The man had been walking, police said.
Keizer police said they seized this gun at a south Salem apartment on Wednesday, May 13, while arresting a suspect in a February shooting at Keizer Station. (KEIZER POLICE DEPARTMENT photo)
A Salem man driving through Keizer with his family on Tuesday, Feb. 10, was shot in the back of the head as two bullets hit the family vehicle from the rear. Police say they have no suspects in the shooting of Mario Garcia, 28. (GOFUNDME photo)
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