Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on November 17, 2025, deputies in Union, Oregon, responded to a disturbance call at a family home where generational members of the same family lived. A deputy who arrived found 40-year-old Tynan Richard Frank and his father, Richard Frank, outside. The deputy stayed about half an hour, observed no crime in progress, and left the scene.

Around 3 a.m. more calls came in reporting gunshots. Deputies returned and found Tynan lying on the ground outside the home with at least one gunshot wound; he was dead at the scene. The regional Major Crimes Team was activated and investigators focused their attention on Richard Frank. He was interviewed at the Union County Sheriff’s Office and, after an initial review of evidence, was arrested and booked on a charge of second-degree murder. Richard made his first appearance in Union County Circuit Court on November 18.

The case remains an allegation pending the legal process. Did anyone in Union know Tynan or his family and see activity around the home that night?