SANDY, Utah — Police have charged the alleged gunman wanted in a drive-by shooting in Sandy last week.
Carl Devon Hardy, 30, is accused of opening fire on Jesus Enriquez Hernandez and Brandon Salanes-Bernal outside Gracia Market on S. State Street.
The victims told police they were hanging out at the location drinking and rapping when three people confronted them from a neighboring apartment complex.
Investigators believe the group consisted of Hardy and two roommates, who later told police he'd been seen with a gun around the time the altercation took place.
After detectives tracked Hardy down, he described it as a "night of drinking, that a situation took place, and that it was fight or flight situation."
According to an arrest report, police claim that Hardy turned off his phone and headed for Evanston, Wyoming following the shooting.
Both victims recalled a harrowing escape, including jumping into a canal behind the nearby Philips 66 gas station, and swimming to safety.