New details on gunfire that nearly hurt multiple people
Published at | Updated at
AMMON – Court documents have revealed new details about how police learned that three men had been shooting guns at random houses, nearly injuring multiple people.
Kobe R. Millward, 24, is charged with two counts of felony unlawful discharge of a weapon at a house.
Isaac B. Bale, 21, is charged with two counts of felony accessory to unlawful discharge of a weapon at a house.
Bryson C. White, 25, is charged with two counts of felony aiding and abetting the unlawful discharge of a weapon at a house.
RELATED | Three arrested following shooting incidents in Bonneville County
According to court documents, Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a house on Saturday around 11:10 p.m. to investigate a report of shots fired and holes through a home.
Deputies learned that a mother and her two children were in the living room of the home when they heard “what they thought was an explosion and found a bullet hole through the living room wall, through their couch that (the mother) was sitting on.”
The bullet also hit the corner frame of the wall.
Deputies found one bullet on the kitchen table in the home and four 40 caliber Blazer shell casings on the road close to the house.
At 11:27 p.m., another man in a different home called 911 and said that bullets had been shot through his windows. When deputies arrived, they found 10 bullet casings of the same make and caliber outside the house and multiple bullet holes inside.
Around the same time as the second 911 phone call, a deputy found a 1997 Toyota Avalon with Washington license plates. The car had slid off on the south side of East Sunnyside Road near Laurelwood Drive.
The deputy identified the driver as White, as well as the two passengers, Millward, and Bale. During a search of the car, the deputy also reportedly found a Glock 23 40-caliber that was registered to Millward, and 20 shell casings of the Blazer 40-caliber.
During an interview with the deputy, Bale said they had been Millward’s home before they went to a gas station to buy alcohol and then “go up in the hills” on Sunnyside.
He allegedly stated a car began chasing them, and White lost control of the car, spinning and sliding off the road. Bale said no guns were fired.
According to police reports, Millward and White gave the same story, but Millward admitted to having a gun in his waistband before going to the gas station.
Later, Millward reportedly admitted to getting into an argument with strangers at Maverik because he was “paranoid” and taking the gun out of his waistband and setting it in the car.
According to Millward, he shot the gun twice in the air but never pointed it at any homes.
When the deputy told Millward that a gun of the same caliber had shot both homes, and that there were children inside that were nearly shot, Millward reportedly “became upset” and stated “if (the deputy) promised him that he would get to go home tonight instead of jail, he would tell (the deputy) who shot at the homes.”
The deputy refused to make that deal, so Millward declined to give the deputy a name.
All three were then arrested and booked into the Bonneville County Jail.
Around 4:25 a.m., a deputy reported that Bale had disclosed to him that Millward was the one who fired at one if not both homes because White had dared him to.
On Sunday around 5 p.m., deputies went back to the first home that was shot at to show the family photos of the suspects and ask if they knew them. The family did not recognize the suspects.
Police reports indicate it was not a targeted attack.
All three suspects are expected to appear for preliminary hearings on Jan. 17
Millward was booked on a $200,000 bond. If convicted, he could face up to 30 years in prison.
Bale was booked on a $50,000 bond. If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison.
White was also booked on a $50,000 bond. If convicted, he could face up to 30 years in prison.