Albany man charged with attempted murder | Crime

On Sunday, March 7, 2010, at about 2:30 a.m., Albany Police responded to the Heatherdale Mobile Court located at 950 SE Airport Road on the report of a shooting. At the scene, police learned that 24-year-old Albany resident Jacob Moffatt had been shot in the head. Jacob Moffatt was transported to Samaritan Albany General Hospital where he was treated and released for his injury.

Jacob Moffatt was then lodged in the Linn County Jail on several outstanding arrest warrants.

The investigation revealed that 25-year-old Albany resident James Bruce Brawley had fired multiple rounds from a handgun into the trailer where Jacob Moffatt and five other occupants, including a child, were residing. James Brawley fled before officers arrived at the scene. The motive behind the shooting is still under investigation.

On Sunday, March 7, 2010, at about 3:00 p.m., Albany Police Detective surveillance located James Brawley leaving his residence in the 2900 block of Shortridge Place in Albany as a passenger in a vehicle. Detectives followed the vehicle until it stopped in the unoccupied parking lot of the Albany Family and Specialty Medicine clinic located at 1705 SE Waverly Drive.

Detectives and patrol officers took James Brawley out of the vehicle at gunpoint and transported him to the Albany Police Department where he was interviewed and later lodged at the Linn County Jail on the following charges:

• Attempted Murder (2 counts).
• Assault in the Second Degree.

Detectives executed a search warrant on a bag located in the vehicle James Brawley was a passenger in as well as his residence located in the 2900 block of Shortridge Place. Detectives recovered evidence, including a handgun believed to have been used in the shooting, that tie James Brawley to the incident.

This investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information regarding James Brawley or the shooting incident is asked to call Albany Police Detectives at 541-917-7686.