Parade
takes center
stage at
KeizerFEST
MAN CHARGED
FOR RAMPAGE
PEDESTRIAN KILLED IS IDENTIFIED
BY LES ZAITZ and MATT RAWLINGS | Of the Keizertimes
FILE PHOTO, Keizertimes
The Valley Credit Service KeizerFest
parade will be hitting the streets on
Saturday, Aug. 7 at 10:30 a.m.
The parade will travel south on River
Road from Lockhaven to Glynbrook St.
— the parade will disband after Burger
King at Glynbrook.
All fl oats and groups gather in
northern Keizer with their best outfi ts,
themed trailers and vehicles to march
or stroll down River Road.
The theme to this years parade is
Dancin' in the Streets and the 2021 Iris
is named Bitty Beauty.
Staging begins at 7:30 a.m. and River
See PARADE, page 3
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47-year-old Silverton man
is accused of killing a
pedestrian in Keizer on
Wednesday, July 28 as he
fl ed police in a stolen Nissan Xterra in an
indictment issued on Friday, July 30.
Sean K. Beck also is accused of
attempted murder of Keizer police offi -
cers in an episode that started in Keizer
Wednesday evening and ended with a
gunfi ght in the parking lot of Home Depot
in northeast Salem.
The Oregon State Police on Saturday
identifi ed the pedestrian on Saturday as
Becky Dietzel, 64, of Salem.
She was struck and killed in the 4400
block of North
River Road in
Keizer
after
police
con-
tacted
two
men in a sto-
len
vehicle
several blocks
north in the
parking are of
VCA Keizer
Ve t e r i n a r y
Hospital.
“I think it's
important to pause and observe that the
greatest tragedy in this incident, by far,
SEAN K. BECK, Suspect
NEWSTAND PRICE: $1.00/ ISSUE
On Thursday, July 29, police process evidence at the scene of shooting between
the driver of a stolen vehicle and Keizer police. officers. Photo by LYNDON ZAITZ of Keizertimes
is the death of Ms.
Dietzel. Due to
the investigation,
I am not at liberty
to expound upon
her circumstances
or their grief,” said
Keizer Police Chief
John Teague.
Kenny Blount,
a witness who saw
Dietzel get struck
— KENNY BLOUNT, Witness
by the vehicle, said
that she was
in the crosswalk at the intersection blockading a vehicle at the Home Depot
of Cummings and River Rd. while on Northeast Cherry Avenue and the
the light was red for through traffi c. sounds of gunfi re could be heard. Police
“That car just plowed that poor later said Beck surrendered and was taken
woman. I pulled over to the side to Salem Health Hospital for treatment of
and got my military fi rst-aid kit. several gunshot wounds.
But by the time I got within three
"The fi rst thing I heard was pop, pop,
feet of her, she was already gone,” pop, pop. You could tell it was coming
Blount said.
from the north end of River Road," said
According to an earlier police witness Rachel Washburn. "I looked out
statement, Beck fi red at police my window, didn't see anything. Then
before driving off . The second there's more pop pop pop ... And then all
man, not yet identifi ed, stayed at
the scene and cooperated with police.
See RAMPAGE, page 2
Witness
video
showed
police