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Officers Killed, Woodburn Chief Of Police Critically Hurt
POSTED: 12:37 am PST December 13, 2008
UPDATED: 7:42 am PST December 13, 2008

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WOODBURN, Ore. -- A bomb exploded Friday inside a bank in Woodburn, killing an officer and a state police bomb technician.

The city's chief of police is also among the injured and is in critical condition at a Portland hospital, according to Oregon State Police.

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The bank blast occurred at 5:24 p.m. at the West Coast Bank on Highway 214 in the town of Woodburn, which is 30 miles south of Portland.

Earlier in the day, police were called to a nearby Wells Fargo Bank branch after the bank received an anonymous threatening phone call.

State police said the investigation later led them to the West Coast Bank. A bank representative said the bank received a threatening phone call and that authorities should look around that bank as well.

Bank President and CEO Bob Sznewajs said one employee saw a device in the bushes near the bank and called the authorities. "We looked at it and evacuated the branch and sent people away," he said.

Authorities decided to move the device inside the branch, apparently scanned it, and then it went off, he said.

Sznewajs said he did not know if the bomb went off on its own or as a result of the technicians' investigation.

Police did not confirm that the bomb exploded inside the bank. They also didn't specify if a bomb was found during the first bomb threat call at the Wells Fargo branch.

The names of the officer and the state police bomb technician have not been released. Woodburn Police Chief Scott Russell, who has been with the department for 20 years, is being treated at Oregon Health & Science University hospital.

A bank employee suffered minor injuries in the incident, police said.

Highway 214 and surrounding city streets were shut down late Friday night and may remain closed throughout the weekend.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call a tip line at 800-800-3855.

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