- Diriyeh Gass, 18, was charged with carjacking two days after shooting case dismissal which was refiled Wednesday.
- The shooting case was refiled on Wednesday.
- Gass faces multiple charges including aggravated robbery and prohibited weapon conduct.
SALT LAKE CITY — A shooting case that was recently dismissed against a Salt Lake man — who was charged this week in connection with two other crimes, including a recent carjacking — has been refiled.
Diriyeh Gass, 18, was charged in July in 3rd District Court with four counts of aggravated assault, a second-degree felony; and rioting, a third-degree felony, in connection with a shooting near 500 South and Redwood Road. Gass was with a group of teens, all documented gang members, when a confrontation with another person led to a shot being fired, according to charging documents. No injuries were reported.
The case was dismissed on Oct. 14 due to the prosecution being unable to proceed, court records state. But on Monday, the case was refiled in 3rd District Court.
Those charges come on the heels of Gass being charged on Monday in another case with aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, in a carjacking that happened two days after the July case was dismissed. He was charged again on Tuesday with "prohibited dangerous weapon conduct," a second-degree felony, in an incident that happened less than a week after the July shooting.
On Oct. 16, Salt Lake police responded to a report of a carjacking at 1125 N. Redwood. A woman told officers that three males, who all had their faces covered, approached her as she got out of her BMW X1, and one man told her, "I'm need you to give me those keys," according to charging documents. "The man then pulled a black pistol from his waistband and pointed it at her. He then put his hands in her hoodie pocket and removed her car keys from it."
An officer spotted the stolen car a short time later and followed it until it drove close to the same area where the car had been taken. Three males got out and ran, the charges state. Two 16-year-old boys were rounded up and arrested.
The next day, Gass was arrested after police tracked the woman's stolen AirPods that were in the car to an area near 1600 West and 1700 South.
In addition to aggravated robbery, Gass was also charged in that case with prohibited dangerous weapon conduct and theft of a motor vehicle, second-degree felonies; and failing to stop for police, a class A misdemeanor.
In the other case in which Gass was charged, he is accused of entering a 7-Eleven on July 7 at 1157 W. California Ave. with five teenagers and brandishing a handgun as the group stole items from the store, according to charging documents.
