Jealous boyfriend sentenced for shooting girlfriend's ex 15 times in murderous drive-by

David Anthony Baynes murdered Adam Woodall, shooting him 15 times, authorities said. (Mug shot: Washington County District Attorney’s Office)

Previously convicted in a manslaughter case years ago, an Oregon man is going back to prison for homicide. This time, David Anthony Baynes is set to serve a minimum of 25 years of a life sentence for murder in the second degree. The sentencing happened Thursday.

All this stemmed over his jealousy over his girlfriend having continued contact with her ex, Adam Woodall , said the Washington County District Attorney’s Office .

“Mr. Baynes was leaving the woman’s home in Forest Grove, Oregon when he saw the victim approaching the home in a minivan,” prosecutors wrote. “He pulled his truck up next to the victim’s van and shot the victim 15 times with a handgun. Each bullet entered the victim’s body, and he died within minutes.”

Baynes got rid of his gun, and hid out overnight in a rural part of Yamhill County. He covered his truck with a tarp, factory-reset his phone in an attempt to avoid law enforcement, and he slept in blackberry bushes. A Yamhill County deputies nonetheless arrested him the next day.

Baynes claimed that he shot Woodall in self-defense and that the man had been armed. It was not true, however — Woodall did not have a weapon.

“The defendant claimed that the victim had been armed and that the shooting had been in self-defense,” prosecutors wrote. “He admitted he wasn’t allowed to own a handgun because of his status as a felon. He told detectives he knew what he did was wrong. A search of the victim and the crime scene confirmed that the victim had in fact been unarmed.”

Authorities later found the murder weapon.

Baynes will have to serve a five-year consecutive sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was convicted of manslaughter back in 2008.

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