Marco Antonio Guizar, 37, was charged Thursday with attempted aggravated murder, three counts of aggravated assault and other charges after police say he fired at a motorist on the freeway and later fired at officers in Farmington.
, Davis County Jail
SALT LAKE CITY — A Taylorsville man accused of shooting at a vehicle on Legacy Parkway is also charged with brandishing a weapon at Salt Lake County drivers in two additional incidents.
Marco Antonio Guizar, 37, was arrested Jan. 16 and charged in 2nd District Court with attempted aggravated murder, a first-degree felony, three counts of aggravated assault, a second-degree felony, and other charges.
Guizar is accused of shooting at another driver on Legacy Parkway, then leading police on a chase through Farmington neighborhoods before exchanging fire with officers and being taken into police custody.
Charges filed Wednesday in 3rd District Court also charge Guizar with two counts of aggravated assault. According to charging documents, Guizar pointed a handgun at a female driver accompanied by her two children while she was stopped at a stop sign near 4100 South and 6400 West on Jan. 16.
Later that same day, Guizar again brandished a handgun while driving alongside a man headed eastbound on 2500 Lake Park Boulevard, charges state.
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If barack had protected our borders, would this criminal have been here in the first place?
But isn't he being denied his Second Amendment rights? After all, he didn't actually hit anyone. It was all just for sport.
If this man would have been denied that gun...
would he have been able to shoot at anyone?