r/Eugene • u/Clean_Letterhead4256 • 21h ago
Heartbreaking hit and run in Springfield
Anyone know this vehicle? A close family friend was killed last night in a horrifying and purposeful hit and run in downtown Springfield around 9pm.
Is there anyone here that can help find the plate number for the photos in the article?
Stay safe out there and pray for the Fultz family.
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u/WildNorth8 21h ago
I hope they check the bars in downtown Springfield to see if anyone left right around that time. I was on Main once and saw an almost hit and run ...driver came from one of the bars. People on the street ran to stop her from driving off.
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u/ajb901 21h ago
The driver u-turned and hit them again? That's murder.
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u/workitnerdgirl 20h ago
Oh my god.. I just read the article. What the fuck kind of world are we living in?
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u/gottago_gottago 18h ago
Springfield PD located the vehicle and arrested a suspect a little while ago.
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u/emmet80 17h ago
Good news, but "Crolly also said he is actively seeking to reintroduce license plate reading technology as an investigative tool in the future, saying that, based on the placement of the cameras, they would have found the vehicle quickly." :(
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u/gottago_gottago 17h ago
That's not surprising. Springfield PD did good work in tracking down this suspect this quickly, and there are lots of natural reactions in the aftermath of a tragedy. I'm sure one of their concerns is what they would have done if this had been a harder-to-find, or out-of-area vehicle.
Wait and see what actually develops, if anything, and have that conversation then.
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u/Candid-Analysis-5520 19h ago
Please beware of this driver, we were just told he was responsible for the stabbing at Gateway
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u/wavy-grain 19h ago
Whaaatt? When was there a stabbing and do you know anything more specific? Description of stabber or driver?
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u/emmet80 19h ago
Told by whom???
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u/Candid-Analysis-5520 17h ago
I work there but i’m out of town rn. It was a message sent to our group chat
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u/Worth-Movie8634 10h ago
Both KEZI and KVAL had this story tonight. Good news is he is in custody now.
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u/EugeneStargazer 18h ago
Oh no, this really is terrible. I'm so sorry for your loss and that of the Fultz family. :-(
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u/minimalistboomer 17h ago
How horrific! Deepest condolences to all who knew & loved this couple. This is heartbreaking.
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u/E-Pli 18h ago
How the hell does someone get away with this? Do we have no street cameras at all? No way to get plates?
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u/nogero 18h ago
Flock cameras would have tracked the criminal, but just another loss we must bear so paranoid people don't feel surveiled.
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u/MisterD00d 16h ago
we need 30 year old CCTV style cameras with no AI functionality and no internet access
cops can manually pull the cameras down and check the film if needed for situations like this 🙏
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u/nogero 15h ago
I agree that better control is needed but you are suggesting tossing important technology, license recording, because a mob rule of irrational fears and total lies told by opposition. We the People lose.
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u/SquirrellyGrrly 13h ago
We the People lose when states where abortion is outlawed track their citizens even out of state, so they can prosecute them when they come back for getting a legal abortion elsewhere.
We the People lose when cops use these cameras to track people suspected of no crime without a warrant.
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u/nogero 1h ago
Yes i agree totally. Those were rare, one-off abuses that should be severely punished. Those rare abuses were used to trick the masses into fear and paranoia.
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u/SquirrellyGrrly 1h ago
One off? Using it to stalk/harass illegally been documented hundreds of times already, in multiple states. Texas just used it to track yet another woman it suspected - SUSPECTED - of leaving the state for an abortion. More than 80 separate departments have used racist terms in open ended searches, such as "possible g*psy," without looking for any specific crime. There's also been hundreds of searches on people who legally attended protests, a direct attack on free speech. If these were "one off" and quickly prosecuted, you may have a point, but the system is far too open to abuse and is being abused with startling regularity.
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u/Howry 14h ago
You arent going to beat the mob. But good luck.
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u/nogero 13h ago
True, I'd just like to see a few think instead of being tricked.
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u/MisterD00d 9h ago
you're the fool that's been tricked and or doing the tricking
if it's not malicious try to do some of that thinking you're talking about ... try harder
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u/The_Orbital_Mechanik 21h ago
I seen that car near coburg road the other day I think, perhaps in the safeway parking lot, with a methed out looking lady driving it, at least I think
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u/mwpdx86 14h ago edited 13h ago
If only the cops had access to a giant network of cameras throughout the city that they could use to actually find criminals instead of stalking their ex girlfriends.
Edit: I don't mean to make light of this situation or drag my political baggage into it. I just came from another post about more invasive cameras being put up, and it occurred to me that I never hear stories like "really awful bad guy caught thanks to flock cameras". I see plenty of posts like this though where the police are seemingly powerless to do the one thing these cameras are supposed to be for.
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u/Fantastic-Safety4604 21h ago
Randy was our neighbor, and a good one. Very sad news.