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On April 18, 2015, 43-year-old Warren H. Batie of Taylorsville, Utah, was shot and killed in the O'Brien area of Josephine County, Oregon after a dispute over ownership of a truck with 46-year-old Jeffrey Hunsaker, also from Utah. Authorities found Batie deceased at the scene with apparent gunshot wounds. Hunsaker was transported by private vehicle to Three Rivers Hospital in Grants Pass with a gunshot wound to his leg; Oregon State Police stopped the vehicle en route, detained Hunsaker, and transferred him to the hospital.

Investigators concluded the confrontation escalated into a shootout that left Batie dead and Hunsaker injured. Hunsaker, later a resident of O'Brien, Oregon, was indicted in August 2016 on counts including felon in possession of a firearm related to the April 2015 shooting, with additional charges for firearms possession and manufacturing of marijuana. Warren Beetle Batie was born February 6, 1972, in Salt Lake City, served in the U.S. Coast Guard, worked as a certified arborist for the family business, and is survived by his wife Vicki and two children, Aspen and Jameson.

Does anyone have information about the dispute over that truck or witnessed the events in O'Brien on April 18, 2015?