Salem man found guilty of Keizer Station murder

A Salem man was found guilty Thursday of murdering a 28-year-old Salem resident in a robbery-gone-wrong outside a Keizer Station Starbucks. 

Only days before Timothy Calloway, 26, was scheduled to stand trial in Marion County, Judge Courtland Geyer found him guilty of murder, first-degree robbery and unlawful use of a weapon for the Feb. 14, 2016, shooting death of Jerrid Goodpaster. 

During his Thursday court appearance, Calloway waived his right to a jury trial and agreed to go forward with a stipulation bench trial. 

Prosecutors Tiffany Underwood and Joseph Hollander and Calloway's defense attorney Steven Walls presented Geyer with an agreed-upon stipulation of facts.

Geyer reviewed the statement for a few moments before delivering his verdict. 

According to the stipulation of facts, Calloway and his friend, Diontay Wilson, 27, of Portland, agreed to meet with Goodpaster to buy an ounce of marijuana. 

They agreed to meet in a parking lot near the Keizer Station Starbucks. 

Calloway borrowed his girlfriend's car. As he and Wilson drove from Hillsboro to Keizer, the pair plotted to steal Goodpaster's marijuana and cell phone.

They parked outside the Starbucks and waited for him to arrive. When Goodpaster greeted the pair, Wilson told him to get inside the car. 

Calloway pulled out his .40 caliber, semi-automatic handgun. Wilson grabbed Goodpaster's marijuana and demanded his cell phone. 

Goodpaster reached for his jacket pocket, but instead of retrieving his cell phone, he took out his .22 caliber revolver. 

As Goodpaster and Calloway struggled for the weapons, Wilson turned in his seat and hit Goodpaster. Suddenly, Calloway fired three rounds.

One went through a child's car seat. Another shattered the back windshield. The third struck Goodpaster.

Goodpaster lunged out of the car, Wilson and Calloway moved him and sped away.

When a woman at the Starbucks heard gunshots and saw a wounded man lying in the parking lot, she called 911. Her husband began performing CPR on Goodpaster. The bullet had pierced his lower left torso and exited his right upper torso. 

Paramedics rushed Goodpaster to Salem Health hospital, where he was pronounced dead. 

According to his obituary, Goodpaster was raised in Salem and graduated from McNary High School. He married in 2006 and would've celebrated his 10-year wedding anniversary on Sept. 4, 2016. His family said he enjoyed being outdoors hunting with his dog, fishing with friends, eating seafood and working on cars.

Calloway and Wilson fled northeast 40 miles to a Motel 6 in Clackamas. They abandoned the car at the motel, and Calloway called his girlfriend to tell her where it was parked. He told her he had been in a shootout. 

Police later found a .40 caliber cartridge, marijuana and Goodpaster's glasses in the car. 

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Keizer police tracked Wilson's and Calloway's cell phones to a home in Eugene. Witnesses told police the pair were planning to flee to California.

Eugene police began surveilling the pair and attempted to pull them over on Feb. 16, 2016.

Calloway was arrested during the traffic stop, but Wilson fled police and ditched the handgun used during the robbery. Officers pursued with a K-9 unit. They found Wilson and the gun.

When Keizer police executed a search warrant at the Eugene residence, they recovered Goodpaster's revolver. Calloway's DNA was found on the gun.

According to court records, Calloway admitted to shooting Goodpaster but claimed he had meant to shoot him in the leg. He also told investigators he and Wilson had planned to rob Goodpaster. 

Both were arrested on unrelated charges. Calloway was jailed for six months for violating his probation for assaulting a woman in 2011.

He was later charged with murder, unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree robbery. 

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Wilson was arrested on charges of first-degree robbery and first-degree theft for a Dec. 6, 2015, incident in Marion County. He was convicted of first-degree theft and sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Wilson is currently serving his sentence in the Oregon State Correctional Institution and is also facing a federal firearm charge.

On May 31, Calloway's attorney filed a notice of intent to rely on self-defense as an affirmative defense.

Following oral arguments on Tuesday, Geyer issued an order prohibiting Calloway's attorneys from relying on self-defense as a defense in the felony murder trial. 

After reviewing the facts of the case, Geyer found Calloway guilty of all three charges Thursday. A Marion County deputy led Calloway out of the courtroom and back to Marion County jail, where he is being held without bail. 

Murder is a Measure 11 offense and carries a presumptive sentence of life and a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison. 

Calloway's sentencing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. 

For questions, comments and news tips, email reporter Whitney Woodworth at wmwoodwort@statesmanjournal.com, call 503-399-6884 or follow on Twitter @wmwoodworth

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