Posted on 01/22/2022 11:23:36 PM PST by algore
REXBURG — A man upset over a smoking fee at a Rexburg motel shot up the building, witnesses say.
Friday morning, motel workers at Motel 6 on South 12th West told a man he had to pay a $150 fee after smoking inside the room he slept in the night before, they told EastIdahoNews.com. The man reportedly stormed out of the motel around 10 a.m., pulled out an assault-style rifle, and began firing at the building.
The male suspect was with a female companion. Both got into a black pickup truck pulling a trailer and drove off, according to Rexburg police.
The suspect, who the police have not publicly identified, fired the gun multiple times. Numerous bullet holes covered the front of the building, went through glass doors and through more walls inside the motel.
The Rexburg Police Department rushed to the motel and discovered no one was hurt in the shooting. For hours, police combed through the scene and searched for the suspect.
Rexburg Police Department Assistant Chief Gary Hagen said law enforcement took the suspect into custody in Alpine, Wyoming.
They left the motel by 1 p.m. and staff began cleaning up the broken glass to board up the motel. The motel plans to remain closed the rest of the day.
EastIdahoNews.com will provide updates when they become available.
Alec Baldwin going to Jackson Hole to ski with Liz Cheney, or just an azzhole. Take your pick. Start that 💩 a little south of there and some one might light you up. Just saying.
I don’t think there are any public motels around today in America that permit inside smoking (unfortunately). It probably shocked them that the room was heavy with cigarette or MJ smoke.The Maids were likely worried about their uniforms smelling ‘smoky’.
He should have said it was ‘medicinal’ smoke, you know, for his nerves. “Must have lost that Doctors’ Prescription Note, darnit!”
Motel 6
We’ll leave the light on for you.
Please use the switch to turn it off.
Just wait until they start charging unvaxed fees.
All in the name of health.
Another anonymous perpetrator.
The original story states: “Preliminary details indicate the suspect was a Black man driving with a Black woman.”
This was scrubbed from the updated version of the story.
Uh-oh. Hotel the wife works at gets $250 for cleaning a room smoked in.
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