In the pre-dawn hours of November 9, 2024, 50-year-old Ryan Dale Burchell, a White man, was shot on a residential street in Roseburg, Oregon. Police responded to the 1200 block of Southeast Hamilton Street at about 3:15 a.m. after multiple reports of gunfire. Officers found Burchell lying on a retaining wall with several gunshot wounds; he was alive and groaning but unable to give a full statement. He was taken to CHI Mercy Medical Center and later died from his injuries around 9:20 a.m.

A 25-year-old man identified as the shooter, Austin Adrian Wall, was still at the scene when police arrived. Officers described Wall as very intoxicated; he told investigators the encounter began when Burchell approached him and asked for a cigarette, and said Burchell then offered drugs and alcohol and struck him twice. Wall told police he was injured and could not defend himself, and that he fired one or more shots, then called 911. Investigators concluded the shooting was not a reasonable response to being punched, and Wall was arrested and booked on a charge of second-degree murder. The Douglas County Major Crimes Team was activated to investigate. Investigators were unable to determine why Burchell was in that neighborhood, although his truck was found parked nearby.

Did anyone in Roseburg see Ryan Burchell or his truck in that area before the shooting, or have information about what led him to Southeast Hamilton Street?