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Owen Evan Nicholson, 30, has been charged with three separate murders including his father
By: KOIN 6 News Staff
Published: Jun 20 2021 / 09:09am PDT / Update: Jun 20 2021 / 06:38pm PDT
PORTLAND, Oregon (KOIN) – The Springfield Police Department confirmed Sunday that a local woman reported missing has been captured by a man suspected of killing three people in North Bend on Friday.
Laura Johnson never went back to work after going on a Friday lunch break, according to police. She told investigators that she was approached by a man in a parking lot as she was returning to her car. Police said the man, later identified as Owen Evan Nicholson, 30, then forced them to move him to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Missing Person: Laura Johnson of Springfield
A 34-year-old female, 5 feet 280 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, Johnson was last seen on June 18, 2021 at 1230 hrs in the Gate District. She was driving a black 2008 Honda CRV with an Oregon “708MGA” license plate. pic.twitter.com/kr9XxLgstZ
Springfield Police, Oregon (SPDOregon) June 19, 2021
Johnson was unharmed in the accident on her way back to Oregon.
Nicholson turned himself in to police on Sunday morning without incident. He is accused of shooting and killing his father and running over two people on Friday near a casino in North Bend. One of these two people died. The other was seriously injured. Authorities say he shot and killed a third person outside a cannabis store.
The first of the three victims, the man killed in RV Park where the rampage began, has been identified as 83-year-old Charles Sims Nicholson – Owen’s father. Police said Owen took his father’s white van and rammed Anthony Oyster, 74, and his wife, Linda Oyster, 73. Anthony was pronounced dead at the scene while Linda remains in a critical condition at a local hospital, according to a Cos Bay County attorney. Office.
Additionally, 47-year-old Jennifer L. Davidson, from Coos Bay, has been identified as the person who was fatally shot in front of the infirmary after a hit-and-run accident.
“Words fall short of describing the tragedy that occurred on Friday and the events that followed in Lynn County, and it left us all incredibly shaken,” North Bend Mayor Jessica Engelk said Sunday. “This is something you hope will never happen in your community, in the city you call home.”
The investigation is still open.
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