New details emerge about weekend alleyway shooting in Idaho Falls

IDAHO FALLS — New specifications person been released describing what constabulary opportunity happened minutes earlier a man was changeable aggregate times successful downtown Idaho Falls.

Logan Stephens, 23, has been charged pinch felony aggravated artillery and an enhancement for utilizing a firearm arsenic a deadly limb successful nan committee of a felony.

According to tribunal documents, an Idaho Falls Police detective was called to an area adjacent Capitol Avenue connected Saturday nighttime astir 12:25 a.m.

The constabulary study said location had been a shooting incident successful nan parking batch of nan Melaleuca building astatine 330 North Capital Avenue that had progressed into nan adjacent alley.

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When he arrived, nan detective said pinch a female who said she had erstwhile individual issues pinch Stephens.

Around 11:30 p.m., she was successful nan parking batch stepping toward nan alley erstwhile she reportedly saw Stephens and his girlfriend. The 3 began a beingness argument, and respective bystanders jumped successful to break up nan fight.

An IFPD serviceman said to a man who intervened successful nan fight, who said he was trying to extremity Stephens from attacking nan woman.

According to nan man, he pushed Stephens disconnected nan woman, and Stephens precocious toward him earlier pulling retired a knife, causing nan man to return his telephone retired and commencement recording.

At this point, tribunal documents opportunity Stephens ran down nan alley and sewage a handgun from his car, putting it successful his waistband.

Stephens reportedly began to locomotion backmost toward nan man, who says he told Stephens he “did not want problem and was conscionable going to video what was going on.”

Stephens past pointed nan weapon astatine nan man and changeable him aggregate times successful his leg, abdomen, and arm.

The man was later taken to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center for room to repair nan gunshot wounds. According to a merchandise from IFPD, nan unfortunate was expected to past his injuries, but location is nary further accusation connected his condition.

The detective said to Stephens astir nan incident, who said nan female and his woman sewage into a beingness conflict successful nan alleyway, and he tried to break it up until nan unfortunate came up to him and punched him successful nan face.

According to Stephens, he and nan unfortunate “pushed each other” earlier Stephens picked up his woman and walked backmost toward his car.

Stephens says nan group of group continued to travel him down nan alley, and “due to nan yelling and nan truth that (the victim) was challenging him to fight,” he sewage a weapon retired of nan car.

Stephens stated he saw nan unfortunate “place his manus wrong his pocket” truthful he fired nan weapon “out of fearfulness that (the victim) had a weapon.”

When nan detective asked if nan unfortunate had threatened to usage aliases shown a weapon, Stephens said no. He besides admitted he ne'er saw nan unfortunate aliases anyone other progressive “with a limb of immoderate benignant successful a threatening manner.”

Stephens reportedly said he did not cognize if nan unfortunate had a weapon, truthful he “assumed he did” and changeable him aggregate times. Detectives later recovered spent ammunition casings from Stephens’ weapon that were successful beforehand of and to nan correct of Stephens’ car.

Stephens was past arrested and booked into nan Bonneville County Jail connected a enslaved of $300,000. He is expected to look for a preliminary proceeding connected July 12. If convicted, he could look up to 30 years successful prison.