Protester arrested for attempted murder after he ‘shot fellow protesters while aiming at a Jeep driving into the crowd’
A PROTESTER was arrested for attempted murder after allegedly shooting and wounding two fellow protesters while aiming at a jeep that drove into the crowd.
During a protest in Aurora, Colorado, on Saturday, a Jeep got through a barricade and drove towards a crowd of hundreds of protesters on the interstate.
Samuel Young, 23, who was taken into custody on Monday, after allegedly raising a rifle, aiming at the Jeep and opening fire.
The shots missed the vehicle and stuck two male protesters, one in the leg and grazed another's head.
Protesters gathered to demonstrate the death of Elijah McClain, a black man who died when stopped by police in Aurora last year.
The identity of the driver has not been released and has yet to be arrested.
Police have further condemned Young's actions as irresponsible, criticizing his handling of the weapon.
"It's the height of somebody doesn't know how to handle a firearm," Glidden said. "it's not the place to pull a gun and randomly shoot it."