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No charges filed in November 2025 Hawthorne Street shooting death
Jackson County District Attorney’s office rules it an act of justified self defense after violent home invasion
No criminal charges will be filed against a Medford man who shot and killed another person after a home-invasion incident in early November 2025 on Hawthorne Street, the Jackson County District Attorney’s office said Friday. District Attorney Patrick Green said that after a “thorough” review by Medford police, his office will not file any criminal charges against David Rogers, 36, in the shooting death of Martin Uriel Jimenez Jr., 32, a news release said. The shooting occurred in the early morning hours of Nov. 2, 2025.
“The only reasonable conclusion from the evidence collected is that Mr. Rogers’ use of deadly physical force against Mr. Jimenez was justified self-defense under Oregon law,” according to the D.A.’s office.
The release said, “In any criminal prosecution, when self-defense is raised as a defense, the state is required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that self-defense does not apply. Due to the factual circumstances of this incident, the evidence supports only that Mr. Rogers was justified in using deadly physical force, as he was not the initial aggressor and he reasonably believed Mr. Jimenez was about to use deadly physical force upon him.”
According to the release, Medford police officers were dispatched to an apartment complex on Hawthorne Street around 3:30 a.m. Nov. 2, 2025, after reports of gunshots. While en route, another caller — Thomas Owens, 72, a resident of the apartment complex — reported that a male, later identified as Jimenez, had broken into his home and tried to kill him.
“Officers arrived to find Mr. Jimenez lying deceased on the ground in the threshold of Mr. Owens’ apartment,” the release said. “It was apparent that Mr. Owens’ door had been breached with force, as the door frame was splintered inward. Officers contacted Mr. Owens who had obvious physical injuries from being assaulted, including active bleeding from his nose. He was treated on scene by Mercy Flights personnel.
“Officers also contacted David Rogers, who was nearby and was one of Mr. Owens’ neighbors in the same apartment complex. Mr. Rogers identified himself as the one who had shot Mr. Jimenez and indicated his firearm was on the floor inside his own apartment and unloaded,” the D.A.’s office reported. “Mr. Rogers was cooperative and was briefly detained as the investigation proceeded. MPD detectives then responded to the scene to collect physical evidence and to interview Mr. Rogers, Mr. Owens, and other witnesses.”
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If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.
— The Dalai Lama
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What the Dalai Lama said.
So if they’re trying to kill me with a knife, or a baseball bat, or a golf club, or a pointy stick, I shouldn’t use a gun?
I prefer Malcolm Reynold’s advice:
“If someone tries to kill you, you try to kill them right back!”
There is do, not do. There is no try.
I endorse the concept of responding with overwhelming violence to someone trying to kill myself, my family, or some innocent person.
Shoot. And keep shooting until the assailant is absolutely sure they’ve been shot.
If they attack you with a pointed stick, you respond with raspberries.
Definitely Mr Rogers’ neighborhood.
Now I want to know if Mr Rogers was able to retain his firearm, or get it back from the police after their investigation?
I’ve got a S&W 22a that I’ve had for years.
It’s an absolute tack driver using either the factory open sights or a dot sight mounted on the rail.
The one thing I wish for is a threaded barrel. The only way With that square barrel assembly, the only real method I’ve found for attaching a suppressor is to drill out the inside of the first 1/2″ or so of the barrel, thread it on the inside, recrown the barrel and then install a threaded insert “nipple” into the end.
It can be done very reasonably by a good gunsmith and I’ve even found a local smith that will do the work, the thing that’s holding me back is how dang accurate the thing is right now. I’m a little afraid to take the chance of the accuracy being degraded by modifying the barrel in that way.
Still kicking around the idea of getting it modded to accept a suppressor, but I’m leaning toward just leaving it alone. It’s just that good, I don’t think it’s worth taking the chance.
I have the HI Standard .22 Victor model which I used after the .38 Police L Bullseye matches when we had our Brinks Shooting team. .22 match was after the .38 match. back in the early 1970’s…
I’d leave well enough alone.
A new one, or a similar Ruger is cheap enough to get a new one to suppress..
Excellent point. You can never have too many .22 pistols. Getting a newer S&W 22 Victory or a Mk IV 22/45 with a threaded barrel that I can put a can on would be better than messing with one that shoots so well.
I’ve never done it just because my gun buying budget is limited and I always seem to have something else higher on the list.
Right now I’m in the works on an SBR in 6.8spc with a suppressor. I’ve got all the parts for the rifle and am just waiting for the Form 1 approval to build it. I haven’t decided on the can yet. I’ve got it down to three possibilities, but haven’t made the final call. Probably sometime this week I’ll flip that coin.
This will be my BAG day gun this year and will pretty much shoot my gun purchase budget (so to speak) for the year. Maybe a suppressed .22 will be at the top of my list for next year.
Good advice.
Don’t fix what isn’t broken.
A wee bit off topic but I’d encourage fans of Victor Davis-Hanson to offer well thoughts, even prayer, for him today as he undergoes surgery for an unspecified though serious condition.
Thank you for your consideration.