In the early morning hours of Friday, November 28, 2025, shots were reported near Country Lane and Pana Street in Woodburn, Oregon. Officers found 22-year-old Woodburn resident Luis Paniagua Fernandez with gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives opened a homicide investigation under case number 25-15739.

On Monday, December 1, investigators detained two people in connection with the case: a 17-year-old boy, whose name was withheld because of his age, was taken to the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center on allegations that include second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, and unlawful possession of a firearm; 39-year-old Olga Bautista Lopez was booked into the Marion County Jail on a charge of hindering prosecution. The sequence of events that led to the shooting has not been publicly detailed.

Anyone with information about the death of Luis Paniagua Fernandez is asked to contact the Woodburn Police Department to assist the ongoing investigation.