A Marion man died early Saturday morning near Scio after he shot himself in the head with a shotgun during a standoff with Sheriff’s deputies, Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller said.
The incident began at 2:20 a.m. Saturday when the Linn County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a home invasion kidnapping at 39884 Cole School Road, northeast of Scio. The caller, a 13-year-old boy, told dispatchers that Ronald Alan Williams, 47, of Marion, had…