SENTENCE VACATED:
Pennsylvania Superior Court vacates sentence imposed on Chad Goldstrom for shooting outside Leechburg tattoo parlor in November of 2020
Judges remand aggravated assault and carrying a firearm without a license charges to new trial
By ANNE CLOONAN Staff Reporter Leader Times, Kittanning, Pennsylvania June 8, 2023
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In papers filed June 5, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania vacated a sentence imposed on Chad Robert Goldstrom in connection with a shooting in Leechburg in November of 2020.
According to Superior Court papers, the case arose from a Nov. 29, 2020, incident in which Goldstrom, who was a member of the Pagan Motorcycle Club, shot two members of the rival Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Brian Oss and Justin Shook. The incident was captured by video surveillance cameras, court papers say.
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania papers say Goldstrom shot Shook in the arm and shot Oss, permanently paralyzing him, and added that Goldstrom claimed he acted in self-defense in shooting the men because they intended to cause him serious bodily injury or death because he left the Outlaws and joined the Pagans.to Mke EV Charging Affordable
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PWC The Armstrong County District Attorney’s office had initially charged Mr. Goldstrom with two counts of attempted homicide; two counts of aggravated assault with intent to cause serious bodily injury; two counts of aggravated assault with intent to cause bodily injury with a deadly weapon; one count of carrying a firearm without a license (CFWOL); two counts of simple assault; and two counts of recklessly endangering another person (REAP).
PA Superior Court papers say during Mr. Goldstrom’s December of 2021 trial in Armstrong County Common Pleas Court, Mr. Oss, now a quadriplegic, testified that Mr. Goldstrom “had been selling meth and I don’t like it and I was going to beat him up over it.”
According to those papers, during his testimony, Mr. Oss added that leaving The Outlaws to join The Pagans “is not one of the things you can leave to go do.”
According to the PA Superior Court papers, Mr. Oss testified that immediately before Mr. Goldstrom shot him, he thought he and Mr. Goldstrom were going to fist-fight hand-to-hand.
During the jury trial in December, 2021, the jury acquitted Mr. Goldstrom of all charges relating to the shooting of Mr. Oss.
In the case of Mr. Shook, the jury in December, 2021 convicted Mr. Goldstrom of aggravated assault, (causes bodily injury with a deadly weapon), and the lesser included offenses of simple assault and recklessly endangering another person (REAP).
The jury additionally found Mr. Goldstrom guilty of carrying firearms without a license.
PA Superior Court papers say on March 24, 2022, the trial court sentenced Goldstrom to 18 to 60 months of incarceration for aggravated assault, followed by 24 to 60 months for the firearms offense, (causes bodily injury with a deadly weapon), and the lesser included offenses of simple assault and REAP.
In the PA Superior Court papers, Mr. Goldstrom’s defense attorneys said he couldn’t be guilty of carrying a firearm without a license if he didn’t know his license had been revoked.
In those papers, Mr. Goldstrom also maintained he couldn’t be guilty of aggravated assault if he acted in self-defense.
The judges of PA Superior Court affirmed Mr. Goldstrom’s convictions of simple assault and recklessly endangering another person; vacated his Armstrong County Court of Common Pleas sentence from the December, 2021 trial; and remanded the case for a new trial on the aggravated assault and carrying a firearm without a license offenses.
Editor’s note — Efforts to reach Armstrong County District Attorney Katie Charlton for comment were unsuccessful as of yesterday’s print production deadline.
Anne Cloonan is a staff reporter for the Leader Times. She can be reached at 724-543-1303, ext. 1337, or acloonan@leadertimes.com.
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