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WEST VALLEY CITY — A 21-year-old Tooele man has been arrested and accused of hiding a gun used in a gang-related shooting in West Valley City last month.
Andrae Robles was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Thursday for investigation of obstruction of justice.
On March 25, police responded to a report of shots fired near Hunter View Drive and Hunter Point Circle in West Valley City. Two groups met for what police are calling a gang-related confrontation.
"The alleged suspect in the shooting fired several rounds at an opposing gang after a large fight," a police booking affidavit states. There were no reports of injuries.
The gunman and others then drove to Tooele to meet with Robles "at a known gang house," according to the affidavit. Once there, Robles "agreed to take possession of the AR-15 style rifle used in the shooting … in an attempt to hide the weapon from being located by police."
Officers later served a search warrant on Robles' apartment.
"(Robles) admitted to conducting a straw purchase of the firearm used in the crime … (used by a) known juvenile gang member. (He) also admitted to taking the firearm used in the crime and hiding it, until recently selling the gun to an unknown gang member for $600," the affidavit states.
