Posted on 06/19/2022 5:29:59 AM PDT by marktwain
SALT LAKE CITY — Four people have been charged in connection with a chaotic incident in which police say they attempted to commit a home invasion robbery that ended in an exchange of gunfire and one of the intruders being killed.
About 7 p.m. on June 6, police were called to the Seasons At Pebble Creek apartment complex, 1616 W. Snow Queen Place (1675 South) in the Glendale neighborhood, on a report of a shooting. Anthony Wheatley, 19, was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside one of the units and died at the scene. Two handguns and several bullet casings were found "scattered across the living room," according to charging documents.
Three injured people also drove away from the scene in two vehicles. Two of those victims, an 18-year-old man and a 19-year-old man, had been shot. A third man, 21, was also treated at a local hospital after being hit with a gun.
Five people, including Wheatley, participated in a plan to rob and assault two brothers living at the apartment, according to newly released information in charging documents.
One of the brothers had been communicating with Malibu Rose Mawson, who "was adamant about seeing him," charging documents state. Police later said they learned that Mawson was pretending to be romantically interested in the man so she could get in the door and then let the others in the apartment.
The brother told police he was at first hesitant, but later invited Mawson to come to his apartment. Shortly after she arrived, there was a knock at the door and three men wearing masks — later identified as Wheatley, Erik Virgen, and Preston Luke Olson, entered, the charges state. A fifth person, Jaron Andersen, waited outside the apartment in a car, police say. Wheatley and Virgen are accused of pulling guns out of their waistbands after they entered.
"At least two of the males pointed guns directly at (the brother) and began yelling at him," according to the charging documents.
The man told police the intruders were "asking him for something and (he) did not know what they wanted." The gunmen also said they were going to kill him and proceeded to punch, kick and pistol-whip him, the charges state. Police say Olson told them he looked around the apartment for items to steal while Wheatley and Virgen assaulted the man.
A short time later, the man's brother arrived at the apartment. He recognized Mawson, who was his former girlfriend. He then saw the intruders pointing guns and recognized Virgen from a youth group home. The brother told police that he rushed at Virgen and tackled him, but not before being shot in the chest, according to the charges. Both brothers then fought with the group and were able to take a gun away from one of the intruders.
Shots were then exchanged, including the brothers firing at the intruders with the gun they had taken, according to court documents. Wheatley was killed in the exchange.
The two brothers ran from the apartment after the shooting and drove away. They got lost going to the hospital, however, and pulled over at 1150 S. Redwood Road to flag down another car.
A second car with Olson, who was also shot, was found at 60 S. Redwood before he was also taken to a local hospital. Mawson and Virgen fled to Cedar City, according to charging documents.
On Thursday, Andersen, 19, of Herriman; Olson, 18, of Washington; Virgen, 18, of Springville; and Mawson, 20, of Springville, were each charged with aggravated burglary, a first-degree felony; and aggravated assault, a second-degree felony.
No charges have been filed in connection with Wheatley's death.
“I just don’t get how they can get so many to agree to do these things.”
Solomon pegged these types a few thousand years ago!
“My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.
If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us ambush the innocent without reason;
like Sheol let us swallow them alive,
and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—
my son, do not walk in the way with them;
hold back your foot from their paths,
for their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed blood.”
Proverbs 1
(let us ambush the innocent without reason;)
Exactly.
Thank you for posting.
Unless it’s an innocent person living in their residence, minding their own business, and defends themselves against a perp or perps, then I really don’t give a crap.
I don’t know anything about the ‘victim’- homeowner, but
I always look for the REAL story behind a lot of these such stories.
And? Don't keep us hanging!
Amish?
Regards,
Nope - he looka white.
You can highlight his name and take a look.
He was the “land guy.” The bad boy. Was he driving the John Voight car?
Big potatoes gang....invade an apartment to plunder it?...there’s somethin’ else going on.
“Jaron Andersen”
Sorry, need new glasses. I thought that read Jason Alexander. Can I get a discount?
Hehe
I almost never hear the REAL story begin these home invasion incidents. Reporters do not want to bother with follow-up stories.
I do know the starting assumption for police investigators is that a group of armed robbers was trying to rip off a drug dealer or a warehouser.
The victims of a home invasion may get some harsh and unsympathetic questions at first contact with the police. It passes. The investigators usually find things are very different from their initial assumptions and modify their efforts accordingly.
Ugh. Not warned enough.
Hehe
Hmmm...
On what basis?
“Sorry, need new glasses. I thought that read Jason Alexander. Can I get a discount?
Jason Alexander, loathsome leftist.
Reading the Daily Worker for real no doubt.
Excellent reply.
If this story is accurate...
https://gephardtdaily.com/local/salt-lake-city-police-department-releases-crime-numbers-for-2021/
...looks like SLC has stopped basic policing.
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