Teen shot in Utah fast-food parking zone dies; suspected gunman was ‘play combating’

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MURRAY — A teenage boy shot in a McDonald’s parking zone has died from his accidents.

Murray police confirmed Thursday the boy, whose identify has not been launched, handed away Tuesday night time.

The person suspected of taking pictures him, Jhon Alvaro-Alarcon Paredes, 20, is being held in a Colorado jail on an arrest warrant out of third District Courtroom for tried homicide. That cost may now be upgraded to homicide.

On Saturday, the sufferer was shot whereas sitting in a automobile in a McDonald’s parking zone at 4452 S. Commerce Drive. The teenager was within the driver’s seat of a 2004 Chevy Tahoe when he “was shot by the again of the pinnacle,” based on the warrant.

“A number of witnesses recognized Jhon as being the shooter of the sufferer,” the warrant alleges.

A teenage boy within the entrance passenger seat advised detectives Paredes “was seated behind the sufferer within the rear cab of the automobile” when the taking pictures occurred. “(He) acknowledged that Jhon was play combating with the sufferer. Sooner or later, Jhon reached between his legs and pulled out a handgun. Jhon charged the firearm by working a semi-automatic slide. Jhon then pointed the loaded firearm to the again of the sufferer’s head stating he was going to kill the sufferer,” the arrest warrant says.

The passenger advised police Paredes repeated he was going to kill the sufferer — allegedly “in a joking method” — when “the handgun went off.”

The passenger advised investigators Paredes didn’t need him to contact the sufferer’s household and that he needed to bodily battle Paredes with the intention to get away, based on the warrant.

Detectives used cellphone knowledge to hint Paredes’ telephone to Fruita, Colorado.

“Deputies and troopers from the Colorado State Patrol arrange surveillance alongside the interstate, however additional data indicated they probably missed the suspect on account of a time delay. Deputies continued to seek for the fugitive, focusing their efforts within the Fruita space based mostly on data” offered by Murray police, based on an announcement from the Mesa County Sheriff’s Workplace.

After looking native companies, motels and fuel stations, a deputy noticed a automobile believed to belong to Paredes at a fuel station in Fruita.

“After contacting a number of folks related to the automobile, one of many deputies on scene observed an grownup male standing off to the facet observing their contact. The deputy rapidly recognized the male because the needed fugitive,” the sheriff’s workplace stated.

Police indicated they imagine Paredes is “an undocumented unlawful immigrant.” As of Thursday, he remained in a Colorado jail awaiting extradition proceedings to Utah.

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