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PRICE — A man accused of pointing his gun out the window of his car as he was driving and firing at another vehicle has been arrested.
James DeSean Lockard, Jr., 28, was booked into the Carbon County Jail on Sunday for investigation of two counts of attempted homicide, possession of a weapon by a restricted person, shooting at another vehicle, DUI and eight other criminal charges.
On Sunday, about 3:30 p.m., emergency dispatchers received a call of a car being shot at near Price. The victims reported that a Volkswagen Jetta with a Washington state license plate had cut them off, and the driver then brandished a handgun at them, according to a police booking affidavit.
The victim then stated that "the driver of the Jetta began to fire his weapon at them several times and that they were now following the vehicle," the affidavit states.
No injuries were reported. The Jetta was spotted by police near Helper and pulled over.
"The driver had an excited utterance, saying, as soon as we approached his vehicle, that he only shot into the air, not at anyone," the arresting Utah Highway Patrol trooper wrote in the affidavit.
Troopers found a handgun in a backpack in the vehicle along with meth, according to the affidavit, and approximately 50 fentanyl pills, $2,800 cash and other drugs in a lockbox.
According to police, Lockard was from Washington and in the process of moving to Texas.
"He does not have anything in the area or community to keep him here. The subject fired his handgun several times out the driver's side window at another vehicle on the roadway," the affidavit states.
