The girlfriend of 1 alleged gunman accused of killing 1 man and critically injuring 2 others in a Kearns church parking lot has been arrested on the eve of her boyfriend's trial to ensure she shows up to court.
KEARNS — On the eve of a trial for one of three men accused of luring three other men to a church parking lot in 2021 and then gunning down the trio, killing one and critically injuring two, police have arrested the girlfriend of one of the accused gunmen to ensure she shows up to court.
The teen suspect allegedly made the plan to meet the victims and rob them and Johnson and Wesaga were the gunmen, according to charging documents. Johnson, Wesaga and Abdiaggravated robbery, obstructing justice, and four counts of discharge of a firearm, first-degree felonies, as well as other crimes.
After the shooting, Wesaga turned himself in to police on March 17, 2021, but claimed "he did not know about the shooting and had been at his girlfriend's house in Clinton." When detectives checked Wesaga's phone, however, it "showed his location at the time of the shooting to be at the church in Kearns," according to charging documents.
A material witness warrant may be issued "if it appears from an affidavit filed by a party that a material witness in a pending case will not appear and testify," according to the Utah State Courts website.
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