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WEST JORDAN — Criminal charges were filed Friday against two men accused of injuring a 14-year-old boy during an apparent gang-related shooting
Elijah "Lil E" Timothy David Carter, 18, of West Jordan, is charged in 3rd District Court with discharge of a firearm causing serious injury, a first-degree felony; and aggravated assault resulting in serious injury and obstructing justice, second-degree felonies. All of the charges are subject to gang enhancement penalties if convicted.
Macen "Mack" Lucas Loutensock, 19, whose home is listed as Rock Springs, Wyoming, was charged with aggravated assault, a third-degree felony.
On Tuesday, a woman says she was walking with her 14-year-old brother when Carter — the father of her child — drove up. Loutensock initially asked the teen "Where you from?" but the boy kept walking, according to charging documents.
Loutensock then got out of the car and began chasing the teen with a baseball bat, the charges state. The boy eventually stopped and agreed to fight Loutenstock if he put the bat down. The two then began fighting.
During the fight, the teen yelled a disparaging comment against the gang that both men are documented members of, the charges state.
"Loutensock instigated Carter to join in asking him if he heard that," according to the charges.
Carter then pulled out a gun and shot the teen, the charges allege. "(The teen) was shot in the leg causing substantial bodily injury."
After firing a shot, police say they recovered surveillance video showing Carter rushing toward the injured teen and pistol-whipping him with the same weapon.
"Carter admitted that he was trying to hurt (the teen) by shooting him. Carter admitted that he pistol-whipped (the teen) when the gun went off," he told police after being arrested, court records state.
When asked why he shot the boy, Carter allegedly replied, "'Cause he was (messing) with my hood."
Prosecutors say Loutensock's juvenile criminal history includes gun-related offenses.
Both men were also arrested in September for "causing significant, gang-related damage to Jackson Park," according to Salt Lake police.
On Sept. 1, officers were called late at night to the park, 481 N. Grant Street, on a report of extensive gang-related graffiti. Carter and Loutensock were still both at the park when police arrived, according to a police booking affidavit. They were each arrested for investigation of property damage, and police noted they could be charged by the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office with a first-degree felony due to the amount of damage caused plus a gang enhancement penalty.
