A weekend drug deal gone wrong led to a shooting Monday morning in a Fred Meyer parking lot in Salem that left three people injured and a father and stepson charged with attempted murder, according to investigators.
Robert Eugene Josh Jr., 62, and Jamie Eugene Thomason, 30, both of Springfield, were arraigned separately on consecutive days in Marion County Circuit Court, each on multiple charges, including two counts of attempted murder in the first degree.
Josh was being held without bail in Marion County Jail. Thomason was not listed on the jail roster as of noon Friday.
Lead-up to shooting at Salem Fred Meyer parking lot
Details about what led up to a confrontation and shooting in the parking lot near the west entrance of the Fred Meyer on Market Street NE are included in a probable cause statement for Josh’s arrest. A probable cause statement is a summary of the evidence and circumstances of an arrest given to a judge to review.
The parking lot is just east of the Market Street exit off Interstate 5, a primary trafficking route through Oregon for local, interstate and international transport of drugs such as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine.