Man charged after allegedly shooting at friend – East Idaho News

IDAHO FALLS – A neighborhood man was charged with two felonies after allegedly taking pictures at his buddy.

Idaho Falls Police responded to a house in Idaho Falls on Wednesday after a name reporting a gunshot.

When officers arrived, the proprietor of the house instructed them that he had known as 911 after a person, recognized as Bruce Christopher Murray, 56, had shot a gun at him inside the home.

When police searched the house, they discovered a single spent shell casing on the ground within the kitchen, an unspent full metallic jacket bullet on the ground, and a “giant round void within the linoleum flooring” which might “be according to being struck with a bullet from a firearm,” based on police studies.

When officers interviewed the resident of the home, he instructed them that Murray was an in depth buddy and that he had come over between 6 and seven p.m. that night time with a “laundry basket filled with his belongings.”

Murray instructed his buddy that “somebody was going to kill him,” and he didn’t need to keep at his own residence. The pair then reportedly made a plan to retrieve Murray’s canine, Tinkerbell, again from Murray’s home, and left.

The buddy instructed police that the plan was that Murray would open the entrance door, name for Tinkerbell and shoot the individuals in his residence, “as a result of he owed them cash, they usually wished cost.” Courtroom paperwork state that when Murray went into his residence, his buddy “feared what Murray was doing and left the residence out of concern.”

A short while later, Murray returned to his buddy’s residence, reportedly offended that his buddy had left him. In accordance with the police report, the buddy said “Murray pulled a firearm from his waistband and pointed it at (the buddy’s) chest, claiming that he was going to shoot (the buddy).”

The buddy reportedly grabbed a knife, however was stopped by one other resident of the house and put the knife away. The buddy left the home and later returned, which is when Murray and the buddy bought into an argument and, based on the buddy, Murray appeared to be “elevating the firearm to shoot him.”

The buddy instructed officers that he “tried to push the firearm down as to not shoot him, and a gunshot was discharged by Murray,” hitting the ground. The buddy then ran exterior and known as 911, and Murray ran away.

Murray allegedly hid the gun beneath a pile of leaves and pine needles and hid from police, ultimately falling asleep. In accordance with police information, officers discovered Murray round 11:15 a.m. on Thursday. He arrested after being discovered close to the I-15 northbound off-ramp.

Detectives stated he gave a special model of the occasions, together with that his buddy had been the one who tried to shoot him with the gun.

Murray was charged with felony aggravated assault and felony possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was booked into the Bonneville County Jail, the place a no-contact order was issued for the sufferer, and Murray’s bond was set at $250,000.

Although Murray has been charged with these crimes, it doesn’t essentially imply he dedicated them. Everyone seems to be presumed harmless till they’re confirmed responsible.

A preliminary listening to is ready for Aug. 10. If convicted, Murray may withstand 10 years in jail.