SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The alleged gunman in a Salt Lake City shooting that injured two people on the Fourth of July has been arrested, according to police.
Jose Jimenez-Mancilla, 22, was booked into the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on six counts of felony discharge of a firearm and two counts of aggravated assault.
Police said Jimenez-Mancilla got into a physical fight with two men at a Salt Lake City apartment complex near 300 West and 1700 South. During the fight, Jimenez-Mancilla allegedly fired two rounds from a gun. One of the victims reportedly then left the apartment and Jimenez-Mancilla went to tell the victim’s brother of the fight.
According to the probable cause statement, Jimenez-Mancilla and the victim’s brother then went to meet the victim where another physical fight broke out. Jimenez-Mancilla then allegedly fired “multiple rounds” from his gun. He struck the first victim three times – twice in the shoulder and once in the hip. A single round also reportedly hit the victim’s brother in the hand.
The two were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Upon being taken into custody, Jimenez-Mancilla allegedly admitted to police the gun belonged to him and that he had fired it during both fights.
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