PLEASANT GROVE, Utah — A Pleasant Grove man is charged with kidnapping his ex-girlfriend and taking her to his house, then luring another man there with plans to shoot him in front of the former girlfriend.
Benny Roy Brownfield, 20, faces kidnapping and attempted murder charges after he allegedly schemed to shoot his housemate, who witnesses said had been "hooking up" with Brownfield's ex-girlfriend at a bar in Lehi.
Police say Brownfield first lured his ex-girlfriend to a location in Lehi, where he forced her to leave her car and phone, then took her at knifepoint into his truck and said he had a gun, but that she would be safe if she did as directed.
He allegedly told her he was going to shoot the man she was with in Lehi in front of her when they returned to his house.
When the male victim arrived at the house on the pretense of picking up his cell phone, police say he was assaulted multiple times by Brownfield but escaped the house with his mother, who had broken up the fight.
Brownfield then went searching for a gun and found a rifle belonging to his father.
After pointing the gun at a female housemate, he allegedly fired into the car where the man and his mother sat.
When police arrived, the female housemate had escaped and was able to tell them what had transpired at the house, and they found Brownfield in his backyard, where he surrendered.
Because Brownfield is a "restricted person" because of a protective order for violence against a former fiancee and is viewed as a threat to public safety, he is being held without bail.
