Man arrested following alleged drive-by shooting

POCATELLO — A section man has been arrested and charged aft a drive-by shooting incident.

Shawn M. Thompson, 28, was taken into custody connected Sunday for his alleged engagement successful nan shooting, which took spot that morning. Thompson is charged pinch aggravated battery. He is besides charged pinch possession of a controlled constituent and concealment of grounds for an unrelated incident.

The Pocatello Police Department received a telephone alerting them of a shooting astatine astir 9:15 a.m. successful nan 800 artifact of Highland Boulevard. The caller told officers nan suspects near nan area successful her Blue Dodge Durango, arsenic good arsenic a achromatic pickup motortruck that publication “United Rentals.”

The unfortunate said Thompson was astatine nan residence because he was purchasing a .22 pistol from him, for which he paid $200. After he went to nan bathroom, nan unfortunate said he recovered Thompson wearing his backmost assemblage armor.

Thompson past allegedly ran retired of nan residence and pointed nan weapon astatine nan unfortunate earlier entering nan prime up motortruck and driving distant pinch different personification of liking and a female who has not been identified.

The unfortunate said they returned a “short while later” and he saw nan personification of liking get retired of nan motortruck and get into nan Durango. When nan unfortunate ran outside, Thompson allegedly fired 3 shots astatine him, hitting him connected nan span of his chemoreceptor and nan backmost of his correct leg.

The officers wished nan victim’s injuries were “minor” truthful he wasn’t transported to nan hospital.

Bannock County Sheriff’s deputies said they later recovered Thompson driving nan Durango successful nan area of Main and 6th Street successful Lava Hot Springs pinch a .22 magazine.

Thompson was transported to nan Pocatello Police Department wherever he was interviewed and arrested.

Authorities person not made immoderate different arrests successful narration to Sunday’s shooting.