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LEHI — An Oregon man who said he had been visiting Utah for a week is now facing criminal charges for allegedly shooting at another driver.
Jose Roberto Ahumada, 29, was charged Tuesday in 4th District Court with two counts of being a restricted person in possession of a firearm, a second-degree felony; illegally shooting a gun and aggravated assault, third-degree felonies; and unlawful discharge of a firearm, a class B misdemeanor.
Just after 10 a.m. on Aug. 30, a man told police he was pulling out of a fast food restaurant parking lot on Thanksgiving Way in Lehi and was behind a white SUV. As the man pulled alongside the SUV to pass it near Ashton Boulevard and Clubhouse Drive, "the suspect pointed a gun and fired a single round," according to a police booking affidavit
"(The man) stated that there was no road rage, and he did not do anything that would have upset the suspect," the affidavit states.
The man followed the driver while calling 911 until he was told by dispatchers to pull over.
"Officers met with (the man) and found a single bullet hole in the driver's side of the vehicle. The bullet hole was located in the vehicle's A pillar above the front driver's steering wheel," police wrote.
Officers reviewed surveillance video from nearby restaurants and "observed that the white vehicle cut (the man) off in the parking lot," the affidavit states.
After doing a records check on the SUV, police went to a residence in Lehi where they spotted both the vehicle and the driver. The vehicle was pulled over and Ahumada was arrested. Inside his vehicle, police reported recovered two guns, one with a serial number that was scratched off.
Prosecutors say Ahumada has served time in the Oregon State Prison after being convicted of "attempt to commit murder," making it illegal for him to posses a firearm. He had been in Utah for the past week and was planning on returning to Oregon soon, the affidavit states.
