MURRAY, Utah — A woman was critically injured after being shot during an attempted carjacking outside a Murray fitness center but the suspect was also shot and injured in the encounter, officials say.
Police responded to reports of a shooting at 10:45 p.m. on April 3 in the parking lot of EOS Fitness at 5550 South 900 East in Murray. When they arrived, they found the victim with gunshot wounds.
The female victim was shot in the abdomen and was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The shooter fled before police arrived, but was identified after he was later dropped off at a hospital with chest wounds.
More than two weeks after the incident, on April 19, a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment charging Lt Col Siamelie Nick Mila, 20, and Maddyn Dean Christiansen for their involvement.
Documents report Mila approached the victim as she was walking to her car and then she was seen a few minutes later on surveillance footage limping back towards the gym.
Through witness interviews, statements and video, investigators discovered the woman possessed a concealed carry permit and exchanged fire with Mila after he demanded, at gunpoint, that she give him her car keys.
Christiansen was allegedly driving the vehicle that Mila fled in. Mila was eventually taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound and arrested following medical treatment.
The pair of suspects is charged with attempted carjacking, and using, carrying, brandishing and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, officials reported.
