- Tyler Michael Collins, 34, was arrested after police said he fired 11 shots, injuring his ex-girlfriend's father.
- In a separate incident, police say he fired at a woman doing makeup in her car.
- Collins also allegedly brandishing his gun at someone who tried to intervene in a fight with a family member.
RIVERTON — A Utah man was arrested Friday after a crime spree that police say included him shooting and injuring his ex-girlfriend's father, firing at a motorist who upset him and pointing a gun at someone trying to intervene in a family argument.
Tyler Michael Collins, 34, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of felony discharge of a firearm causing serious injury and 10 counts of felony discharge of a firearm.
Police say Collins first fired several rounds into the woods on Thursday night until he ran out of bullets. He bought more bullets Friday and loaded them while wearing gloves "because he told (a) witness he was a felon and wasn't able to lawfully possess a firearm," according to a police booking affidavit.
Later Friday, Collins spotted a woman putting on makeup in her vehicle and he shot at the vehicle because it "made him angry," the affidavit states. Police say he then became paranoid "and tried to figure out a way to flee the area."
Collins then drove to an ex-girlfriend's home in Riverton and encountered her father whom he had not seen for about seven years, according to police.
The man refused to give Collins any information about his daughter and told Collins to leave, eventually calling 911 to report him for trespassing. Collins then pulled out his gun and pointed it directly at the father who was talking with dispatchers, the affidavit says.
Police say Collins left, parked down the street, but then walked back to the house. "As he approached the home, he was running directly toward his ex-girlfriend's father with gun in hand. (Collins) ran toward the victim and pointed his gun toward him and began rapidly firing," the affidavit alleges.
The ex-girlfriend's brother got a handgun and "returned fire" as Collins fired 11 rounds at the father and brother before fleeing, according to the arrest report.
"One of the rounds or shrapnel hit (the) father in the head and caused him to begin bleeding, soaking his shirt in blood," the affidavit states.
Investigators say Collins then went to Taylorsville where he brandished his gun again at someone who tried to intervene during an argument he was having with a family member.
Police later stopped Collins' vehicle and arrested him. While being questioned at the police station, he head-butted an officer and kicked another officer multiple times while they tried to restrain him, according to the affidavit.
The arrest report describes Collins as a "multistate offender" who is prevented from having a gun and has a history of escaping prosecution. As such, Riverton police requested that he not be able to post bail.
