On Saturday afternoon, June 9, 2018, 52-year-old Earl Jambura III was found shot to death on Black Rock Road near the small community of Falls City, Oregon. Polk County Sheriff’s deputies responded about 2 p.m. after a report that a person had been shot and killed and discovered Jambura’s body at the scene.

Investigators arrested 61-year-old Dennis Sarver of Salem in connection with the fatal shooting; Sarver was booked into the Polk County jail and faced charges including murder, criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter. An autopsy for Jambura was scheduled for the following Monday to formally determine cause of death. Authorities did not release further details about what led to the shooting.

If anyone has information about Jambura, his movements on June 9, 2018, or the events on Black Rock Road, please come forward.