Intruder shot, but victims are uninjured following home invasion on Saturday

Argus Observer ^ | August 23, 2022 | Argus Observer

[marktwain]

ONTARIO — An intruder who was shot during a home invasion on Saturday is expected to survive, although he was transported to a local hospital for emergent care following the incident. If he is released from the hospital, Terry Lee Martz, 67, will be taken into custody by law enforcement.

However, it will be Idaho law enforcement, as Martz has active felony warrants out of Idaho. Idaho Department of Corrections had Martz listed on its most wanted list since October of 2020. He was listed as a fugitive with a parole violation for kidnapping/rape/sexual abuse of a minor. According to that information, he had absconded from parole and failed to register as a sex offender.

No other injuries were reported in the incident on Saturday.

“The victims are fine in that situation, which is kind of a big deal,” said Undersheriff Travis Johnson in a phone interview on Monday.

A request for information about charges for the home invasion is pending with the District Attorney’s Office.

According to a news release on Sunday afternoon from Malheur County District Attorney David Goldthorpe, a home invasion with a firearm was reported to police at about noon on Saturday. The area was the 4000 block of Elderberry Lane, which is north of Ontario city limits off of Highway 201.

Malheur County Sheriff deputies and the Oregon State Police troopers responded to the incident.

According to interviews conducted and evidence gathered at the scene, police determined that Martz had entered the home through an unlocked door. At that time, the woman who lived there was reading in the living room and the man who lived there was in the shed near the home.

The news release states that when the man re-entered his home, “he found Martz in the kitchen pointing a firearm his direction.”

When the resident asked Martz what he wanted, Martz allegedly “demanded the male make him a sandwich.” So he did; when he was done with that, he then asked if his wife was OK. Martz said she was.

The man then asked Martz if he could check on her himself. According to the release, when the resident did that, he told his wife they had a guest, then “quickly retrieved his shotgun from the bedroom and returned.”

The district attorney reports that the men got into a physical struggle while holding their guns and, during that time, the shotgun was discharged.

That struck Martz near the side of his chest, and enabled the residents to restrain and disarm him.

They then called police, who responded with paramedics. According to the district attorney, at last confirmation, Martz was expected to survive the gunshot wound.

“This was a traumatic situation for the residents, who had never before seen or heard of Terry Martz,” wrote Goldthorpe. “Thankfully they both made it through the ordeal safely and have each other for continued support.”

He offered gratitude to the Sheriff’s Office for its lead on the investigation, and to State Police and the sheriff’s office for quick response to the emergency.

No charges for the incident have been filed against Martz at this time, as he remains in the hospital, according to Goldthorpe.

Asked whether he had any cautionary advice for people as far as leaving their homes unlocked, Johnson had the following to say.

“It’s a hard habit to get into locking your door all the time and, really, the bottom line is most of us are very safe in our homes, even with the doors unlocked throughout day. But for safety reasons, obviously, if you lock your door, it makes it harder for people to get in,” the undersheriff said, adding, “These situations are pretty uncommon, but becoming more common.”

[marktwain]

The Argus Observer appears to be the rare independent small town newspaper. It would be good form to give them a couple of clicks for providing this content, and not banning it from freerepublic as so many have.

[Lurker]

Done.

L

[airborne]

I clicked on the link like you suggested and found this!

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[HYPOCRACY]

Done. Reminds me of the scene in “Unbreakable” when the villain walks in and takes over that house.

[GaltAdonis]

"...home invasion ... kidnapping/rape/sexual abuse of a minor..."

.

Another case of Amish Sunday school teachers gone bad?

/s

[Leep]

Waste of life. 67

[deport]

Marijuana sales are booming just across Idaho’s border in Ontario, Oregon. According to the Oregon
Liquor Control Commission, Marijuana shops in Ontario exceeded $100 million dollars in sales in a little over a year since they got the go-ahead to open.

Ontario is the only city in Malheur County to allow marijuana sales, and with six dispensaries operating out of the city, according to the commission, those dispensaries brought in more than $8 million a month during the pandemic.

That’s $3 million increase compared to this time last year

[Surrounded_too]

Not Amish.

Bad white man with bad Amish attitude.

[GaltAdonis]

[Midwesterner53]

No photo anywhere could only mean one thing.

[gundog]

Idaho’s harsh marijuana laws seem not to deter use.

[metmom]

Too bad the perp survived.

And we should barricade ourselves in our houses out of fear because the criminal justice system and LE won’t do their jobs?

Wrong answer.

[metmom]

Yup, any criminal pointing a gun at me has forfeited any claim to safety and well being.

For that matter, any criminal pointing a gun at anyone is in the same category.

[Big Red Badger]

Yup,
It’s GO TIME!
.
Pray for his soul and send him to Jesus!
.
/$

[Organic Panic]

It is a good thing it isn’t Ontario Canada where Castreau said Canadians do not have a right to self defense with guns.

[Twotone]

If you would like more information about what’s happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me. Please send me your name by FReepmail if you want to be on this list.

[little jeremiah]

Very happy ending; only other than too bad the scum survived.

[ToxicMasculinity]

“According to the district attorney, at last confirmation, Martz was expected to survive the gunshot wound.”

Aww...will the Canadians be prosecuting the homeowner for some damned thing or other?

[marktwain]

The event happened in Idaho.

The Sheriff congratulated the homeowners on surviving.