Taylorsville man faces federal charges in shooting, car chase

SALT LAKE CITY — The 26-year-old Taylorsville man who investigators say led police on a dangerous car chase after a shooting on Aug. 14 was charged Wednesday with felony charges.

Maxwell Brandon Archibald faces one count of vehicle theft and one count of discharging a firearm during a confrontation that occurred at a Maverik gas station near South Union Avenue and Union Park Avenue in Midvale, court documents say.

Someone with a gunshot wound told Unified police officers that around 5 p.m., Archibald and two friends were in a car when an argument occurred over who wanted to drive, according to the indictment.

Archibald “became increasingly angry and began a physical altercation inside the car,” an investigator wrote. The man pulled out a Glock 22, .40-caliber handgun and attempted to shoot the person he was arguing with, but the gun was pushed away as it was being fired, according to court documents.

Investigators say as the vehicle’s owner fled, Archibald fired another shot into the arm of the person he was confronting before fleeing in the car.

Unified Police Sgt. Aymee Race told KSL the car drove into oncoming traffic several times, including on I-215, before hitting the spike strips on the Van Winkle Expressway near 5800 South in Murray. Maxwell fled, according to Race, and was found in a nearby garage. Charging documents say police found the gun that matched the one used in the shooting.

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