SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 29, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — Police have arrested a 24-year-old man accused of shooting an employee at a Salt Lake City convenience store and stealing a pair of gloves.
Officers responded about 2 a.m. Tuesday to 7-Eleven at 414 E. 200 South, where a shooting had been reported, Salt Lake City police said.
Officers arrived and found they employee with a gunshot wound. The man was taken to an area hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
While investigating the shooting, detectives recognized Jose Barajas-Macias as a suspect in other crimes in the Salt Lake Valley, police said.
Police say Barajas-Macias entered the store with others and shot the clerk before leaving.
“The motive for the shooting is still under investigation, but detectives later confirmed Barajas-Macias stole a pair of gloves,” an SLCPD news release says.
Barajas-Macias was arrested Friday in Weber County, with assistance from Salt Lake City and Davis County SWAT teams, police said.
Detectives booked Barajas-Macias into the Salt Lake County jail for investigation of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony; possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, a second-degree felony; and discharge of a firearm in the direction of a person, a third-degree felony.
He is being held without bail.
Anyone with information about the robbery and shooting is asked to call SLCPD at 801-799-3000.
