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of River Road and Cummings. Beck con-
tinued driving until Salem police were
able to use a tactical maneuver to stop
the vehicle near Home Depot on Cherry
Avenue.
At that location police fi red a single
shot and, after a standoff , Beck eventu-
ally surrendered and was transported to
Salem Hospital due to multiple gunshot
wounds. No police offi cers were injured
during the extended confrontation with
Beck.
A Marion County Grand Jury unani-
mously found that Keizer police offi cers
Jeremy Darst, Scott Keniston, Chad
Fahey, Cody Stupfel, Michael Kowash
and Sergeant Kevin DeMarco were justi-
fi ed in their use of deadly force against
Beck on July 28.
The same grand jury indicted Beck
for:
• Attempted Aggravated Murder with
a Firearm (two counts)
• Manslaughter in the First Degree
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• Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle
• Failure to Perform the Duties of a
Driver
• Attempt to Elude a Police Offi cer
• DUII
'Every time we fi nd a home they kick
us out': The story of a sweep at an
Indian School Road camp
Less than a half-mile east of Keizer
Station, on the outskirts of Salem, sat a
homeless camp. The camp, located along
Indian School Road, was one of eight
homeless camps dispersed by the Oregon
Department of Education (ODOT) from
Nov. 2 to Nov. 17. ODOT calls these
sweeps of camps “site restorations.”
At 8 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 15, residents
at the camp were told that they had until
10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 16 to vacate the
premises and fi nd a new place to live.
In the hours before tow trucks were set
to begin removing vehicles, campers
scrambled to pack their belongings and
get their cars and RVs started.
“We just need more time. We will
move, we just need more time. I can’t lose
my RV,” said one female camper at the
time.
“It seems like every time we fi nd a
home they want to kick us out,” said Tim,
a man staying at the camp.
By Monday, Nov. 22, the area where
the Indian School Camp once sat was
now completely “restored.” About a half-
mile north of where the camp used to be
located, 18 cars and RVs sat parked along
Indian School Road. Many of them were
the same ones who had been scrambling
to fi nd a new place to live just a week
before.
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Man charged for rampage through
Keizer; pedestrian killed
On Wednesday, July 28, at approx-
imately 8:40 p.m.., Keizer Police
Department Offi cers responded to a sus-
picious vehicle call behind a business at
the corner of River Rd. and Dearborn Rd.
Upon arriving at the scene, offi cers
confi rmed that the suspicious vehicle
had been reported stolen earlier that day.
Additionally, the offi cers were able to
observe that a man standing next to the
vehicle, later identifi ed as Sean Beck, had
a gun on his left hip.
As police approached the vehicle
Beck got into the driver’s seat. He failed
to comply with commands and began
shooting at the offi cers, who returned
fi re. Beck then drove away from the
scene, going south on River Road, while
police pursued him.
During the pursuit, Becky Dietzel,
was struck and killed as she attempted to
walk across River Road at the intersection
• Unlawful Use of a Weapon with a
Firearm (fi ve counts)
• Theft in the First Degree (three
counts)
• Felon in Possession of a Firearm
(three counts)
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