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SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake man was charged Thursday with 14 felonies and three misdemeanors for allegedly assaulting his brother, chasing after him in a car and shooting at him multiple times — all because he said his brother got into his marijuana stash.
The argument occurred Nov. 6. Police said Victor Eduardo Fonseca, 21, was upset with his brother because he believed he had taken some of his marijuana.
Fonseca punched his brother in the face and his brother punched back, according to charging documents filed in 3rd District Court. Fonseca then pulled out a knife, but when his brother didn't back down, he pulled out a gun and fired it at his brother's feet, the charges state.
The brother ran to a car where his 17-year-old girlfriend and a 9-year-old child were waiting. As they drove off, Fonseca "continued to fire the gun" at him, according to the charges. Fonseca then chased his brother in his own car, causing his brother to crash into a fence, police said.
Heroin was also found at the scene, according to the charges.
- Carrying a concealed dangerous weapon
- Aggravated assault
- Discharge of a firearm (9 counts)
- Domestic violence in front of a child (2 counts)
- Possession of a firearm by a restricted person
- Possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person
- Drug possession (2 counts)
Fonseca, 21, was charged with carrying a concealed dangerous weapon, a second-degree felony; aggravated assault, a third-degree felony; nine counts of discharge of a firearm, a third-degree felony; two counts of domestic violence in front of a child, a third-degree felony; possession of a firearm by a restricted person, a third-degree felony; possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, a class-A misdemeanor; drug possession, a class A misdemeanor; and drug possession a class B misdemeanor.
