Two dead, three wounded in Salt Lake City suburb

April 28, 2000 Web posted at: 12:22 p.m. EDT (1622 GMT)

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (CNN) -- A 21-year-old man suspected of killing two people and injuring three others during a shooting spree in a Salt Lake City suburb was taken into custody Friday morning, officials told CNN.

The shooting spree started after a disagreement over a car, police said.

Quinn Robert Martinez, of Salt Lake City, was taken into custody for the shooting spree in Sandy -- a suburb about 10 miles south of Salt Lake City, a spokeswoman for the Sandy police department said. As of midday Friday, Martinez had not been charged with any crime. Details of his arrest were not available.

Earlier Friday, Sgt. Kevin Thacker told CNN the shooting spree began in a hotel parking lot when the suspect shot a woman in the leg after she refused to give him her car. She was later treated and released at a nearby hospital and was questioned by police.

The suspect then fled to a restaurant across the street, police said.

Thacker said the suspect entered the restaurant and opened fire, shooting the manager and an employee. The manager, a 33-year-old man, was killed. The employee, a 22-year-old man, was in stable condition at the University of Utah Medical Center.

The suspect then left the restaurant and tried to take the car of a customer in the parking lot, Thacker said. The customer, a 43-year-old man, was shot and killed.

Next, police said, the suspect moved to another car, containing a 44-year-old woman and her 20-year-old daughter. Thacker said the suspect shot the older woman in the face. Despite her wound, police said, the woman was able to drive to a gas station down the street. The suspect tried to follow her on foot but gave up his chase when she pulled into the gas station.

The woman with the face wound was hospitalized in serious but stable condition, according to hospital staffers.

Authorities detained four people but later released them, saying they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, Thacker said. A handgun used in the shooting was found, but he said it was unclear whether the suspect had other weapons

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The NWO crew is really pulling out all stops to demonize gun's this election year. It looks like we are going to start having these at least once a week. Of course they never tell about the 83,000,000+ gun owners that act responsibly every day.

I wonder how many of these NWO time-bomb agents there are out there? The woods are lonely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep.

-- Black Spy (JustSay@NoTo.NWO), April 28, 2000.