Sentencing set for driver in shooting

VERNAL — A Uintah County woman has admitted shooting at another vehicle that tried to pass her while she was driving drunk.

Terri Lannette Gray, 48, pleaded guilty Wednesday in 8th District Court to two counts of attempted manslaughter, a third-degree felony, and one count of DUI, a class B misdemeanor. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to dismiss a misdemeanor count of possession of a dangerous weapon while under the influence of alcohol.

Gray was stopped by a Roosevelt police officer on June 16 after other motorists reported that she was driving recklessly on U.S. Highway 40. The officer said he detected an odor of alcohol on the woman's breath and said she told him she believed she was in Arizona, according to court records.

Other witnesses told the officer they heard a loud bang as one of the cars passed Gray's vehicle. The car had an apparent bullet hole in its passenger-side door.

Gray failed field sobriety tests, police said, and was arrested. During a search of her car, the officer said he found a .38-caliber revolver with four live rounds and one spent casing in the chamber.

Law enforcement records indicate Gray has previous arrests for investigation of DUI, weapons offenses, simple assault and aggravated assault.

Gray is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 3. She remains in the Uintah County Jail.

— Geoff Liesik