1st arrested after shooting during road rage encounter in restaurant parking lot

SOUTH JORDAN – A man accused of opening fire after a traffic altercation in a Chick-fil-A parking lot has been arrested in a road rage investigation.

Ricardo Dionel Iguaran-Gutierrez, 19, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Thursday to investigate four counts of shooting at a person, possession of a weapon by a prohibited person, reckless endangerment, threatening to use a weapon during a fight and four counts. Acute attack. All figures come with increased road rage fines.

On November 8, 11486 S. In the area of ​​District Drive, police say Iguaran-Gutierrez threatened a group of people in the parking lot at Chick-fil-A.

“The victim stated that Dionell produced a weapon and pointed it at him and his friends and threatened to kill them all. This was done during an argument,” the police booking affidavit states.

Iguaran-Gutierrez “then fired one round in an unknown direction” and fled, the affidavit said.

The victims told police that it all “started with a traffic incident.” Investigators were able to collect surveillance video showing Iguaran-Gutierrez “following the victim around various businesses for a period of time with a firearm in hand,” according to the affidavit.

The victims told police they believed Iguaran-Gutierrez lived in the same apartment complex as them.

“Dionel is an illegal immigrant from Venezuela and does not have a license,” the affidavit said. “The victim and Dionell's family said they had been having problems with each other for the past few days. The problems started because Dionell was now dating one of the victim's ex-girlfriends. They also mentioned a road rage incident between the two. The victim and Dionell.”

On Thursday night, Iguaran-Gutierrez's vehicle was spotted in Spanish Fork where he was pulled over and arrested.