Officers located a deceased male inside the apartment, who appears to have suffered homicidal violence. Officers say that the suspect ran back inside to avoid contact with officers, but after officers phoned the suspect, he exited and was detained with out further incident.

Medford Police Officers state that they arrived to the scene and found a male suspect outside the apartment.

MEDFORD, Ore- Today at about 11:30 a.m., Medford Police officers say that they responded to an assault inside an apartment in the 800 block of Royal Avenue, where the suspect was possibly armed with a firearm. Medford Police also state that they believe that Stitt was killed earlier in the day on Saturday, after he was invited over to the apartment where Scofield, and the McLeod brother planned to rob himĭetectives believe the victim was murdered with blunt force objects and firearms were recovered from the scene.Īn autopsy will be conducted in the near future.Īll three suspects are currently facing the same charges including: - Murder 2nd Degree, Robbery 1st Degree, Abuse of a Corpse 2nd Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Tampering with Evidence. While police officers conducted an investigation, investigators discovered that the suspects made an effort to conceal the victim and clean up the scene.