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VINEYARD, Utah County — A home violence name in Winery could have led to the invention of a gun that investigators imagine was utilized in a double capturing close to Utah Lake.
On Oct. 17, Utah County sheriff’s deputies responded to a name of a person who had brandished a gun at his ex-girlfriend. Deputies discovered the 28-year-old man and seized a gun that was decided to be stolen, in accordance with charging paperwork.
Because the investigation continued, it was found that the gun is identical make, mannequin, caliber — and has the identical serial quantity — of a gun seen in movies being held by a person who was arrested and charged in reference to a Sept. 4 capturing throughout an unlawful rodeo close to Lincoln Seaside on the west aspect of West Mountain close to the city of Genola, the costs state.
In that case, Cesar Matias Sevilla-Aleman, 25, of Orem, is accused of capturing a person within the abdomen at shut vary. The bullet traveled by means of that man and hit a second man within the arm. The person shot within the abdomen was handled for crucial accidents, in accordance with the Utah County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Sevilla-Aleman is charged in 4th District Court docket with tried homicide. His girlfriend, Iran Torres, 46, of Orem, was later arrested and charged with obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony.
Detectives investigating the capturing searched Torres’ cellphone after her arrest and “positioned a number of footage and movies displaying Sevilla-Aleman in possession of a number of handguns. A number of movies present Sevilla-Aleman with two handguns in his arms or lap whereas driving Torres’ automobile,” in accordance with charging paperwork.
A kind of weapons was recovered, however police say that was not the one used within the capturing.
Investigators imagine that after the capturing, Torres offered the gun he used to the person who was arrested within the home violence incident, in accordance with a search warrant affidavit.
“(The person) said Iran confirmed him the place she had buried this gun, close to her residence, underneath some rocks,” the warrant states.
As of Thursday, the sheriff’s workplace stated it was nonetheless making an attempt to verify that the gun recovered in Winery is identical one used within the capturing.
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Pat Reavy is a longtime police and courts reporter. He joined the KSL.com crew in 2021, after a few years of reporting on the Deseret Information and KSL NewsRadio earlier than that.
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