Credit: Montgomery County Jail
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
As part of his plea agreement, two counts of murder and two counts of felonious assault, charges for which he was indicted Oct. 11, were dismissed.
Dayton police were called around 12:50 p.m. Sept. 25 to the 1200 block of West First Street on a report of a man shot inside a house.
Owens spent the night in the house after telling the resident that he had committed a crime and needed a place to stay, according to an affidavit filed in Dayton Municipal Court.
Witnesses told police that Goddard arrived at the house around 12:30 p.m. and got into an argument with Owens, with Goddard claiming that Owens had fired a gun at him on the street, the affidavit stated.
At one point, Goddard told Owens not to reach for a gun because “he is not about that,” the affidavit read. However, as Goddard turned, Owens grabbed his gun and reportedly shot Goddard several times before fleeing, documents stated.
Goddard was taken to Miami Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Owens turned himself in to police two days later and was arrested on existing warrants.
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