WEST VALLEY CITY — A man police say is not allowed to possess a gun was charged Monday with shooting another man.
Jason Everette Handy, 38, is charged in 3rd District Court with firing a gun and causing injury, a second-degree felony; being a restricted person in possession of a firearm, a third-degree felony; and violating a protective order, a class A misdemeanor.
On Aug. 1, a 41-year-old man went to a residence in the area of 2000 West and 3600 South looking for his ex-girlfriend. The man found the ex's roommate in the garage and got into an argument with her, charging documents state.
The man shoved the woman into the garage door and then started arguing with Handy, who also lives at the residence, according to the charges.
While the woman was calling 911, "the next thing she heard was a 'pop' and saw (the victim) grab his stomach, screaming he was shot," the charges say.
The man was taken to a local hospital to be treated for a gunshot wound to his stomach.
On Aug. 12, a West Valley SWAT team returned to the home with a search warrant. Investigators also recovered audio from a neighbor's surveillance camera. In the recording, the victim is told to leave the house several times, but does not appear to threaten the occupants.
"The audio recording shows that multiple witnesses gave untruthful accounts of the shooting, including threats they claimed the victim made," the charges state.
Because Handy has a protective order against him in another case, he is not allowed to have a gun.
