New Details and Charges in Case of Kearns Road Rage Shooting

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KSL Newstime is 12 o'clock noon, and this is Utah's Noon News.

I'm Maria Shalaios.

KSL's top story this hour.

New details and charges have emerged in the case of a current man

who fired 13 shots into another vehicle while his children were in the backseat.

KSL Newsradio's Eric Cabrera has the latest.

33-year-old Tony Robinson is being charged with attempted murder,

a first-degree felony according to charging documents.

They also state that Robinson allegedly targeted

another driver who he believed was affiliated with a rival gang,

making threatening comments about putting a bullet in his head.

After emptying his 9mm, leaving bullet holes,

and shattering the rear passenger window, the victim wasn't hurt.

Police say he changed his story multiple times

and claimed the other driver pointed a gun at him.

Witnesses reported seeing Robinson holding the gun

while removing his 6- and 3-year-old children

from the car at his Sandy apartment complex.

Eric Cabrera, KSL Newsradio.

Details on the case, head to kslnewsradio.com.

Police are still trying to piece together what led up to the deaths

of a woman and three kids in West Haven.

All three were found shot in an SUV parked in front of their home Tuesday night.

Police are making it clear that they don't believe

there was another person or suspect involved.

Lt. Terrence Lavely with the Weber County Sheriff's Office says

in terms of what they are doing now.

Talk to family and friends, cell phone, social media,

see what's been commented between everybody.

Police have yet to say what they are doing.

Police have yet to tell us if the woman was related to the kids.

Neighbors, however, have told KSL-TV she was the mother of all the kids.

The Sheriff's Office is expected to give us the latest on the case later today.

KSL's top national stories.

Authorities are still trying to determine a motive

in the school shooting in Appalachee High School in Winder, Georgia.

Two 14-year-old students and two teachers were killed.

Nine others were wounded.

ABC News Senior Investigative Correspondent Aaron Katurski has the latest.

This appears to be yet another school shooting

where the warning signs were clear.

In May of last year, the FBI received anonymous tips

about online threats to shoot up a school.

The FBI traced those threatening posts on a gaming site

to a then 13-year-old but found no reason to arrest him.

That same teen is now accused of killing two classmates

and two teachers at his high school.

At the time of the threats, the local sheriff questioned the teen

and his father, who said that while he kept hunting guns in the house,

his son did not have unsupervised actions.

As you heard, the FBI last year did investigate Colt Gray

when he made some threatening posts about his school online.

Retired FBI Supervisor Carl Schmay told David Dujanovic

that the agency did everything right and went through all of the necessary steps.

There wasn't anything else they could do.

They couldn't arrest him.

I've seen some reports that this was also referred to the school

to kind of monitor the kid.

But, you know, this is just heartbreaking

because the system actually worked the way it was supposed to,

and yet we still had this tragedy.

Schmay says there's only so much they can do

since most speech is protected by the First Amendment.

The threats have to be extremely direct and specific to be used as evidence.

In the wake of several recent incidents of kids getting a hold of guns

in Utah and elsewhere, a legal expert is weighing in

on when parents could be held responsible.

KSL Newsradio's Adam Small has more.

Whether a child accidentally hurts themselves

or goes out and hurts someone else with their parent's gun,

KSL legal analyst Greg Skorda says there's no one factor

that determines the outcome.

if a parent is legally responsible.

What is the big picture here?

Where was the gun?

How was it stored?

Was it reasonable the way it was stored?

Was the gun loaded?

Greg says it's all decided on a case-by-case basis

with the focus being on whether prosecutors feel

there was recklessness or negligence involved.

But even if there was, Greg says sometimes,

namely when a parent loses a child,

it's not even worth pursuing.

What good would it do to prosecute this parent at this point

given that they are suffering immeasurably already?

Adam Small, KSL Newsradio.

Other national stories KSL is following.

Hunter Biden's tax evasion trial was supposed to begin Thursday,

but he showed up in court and his attorneys made a surprise announcement

that he was changing his not-guilty plea.

ABC's Alex Stone is in L.A.

Prosecutors appeared caught off guard when Hunter Biden

showed up to federal court here in L.A.

to begin his trial with jury selection

and his attorneys told the court there would be no need

because he was changing his plea.

Attorneys for the special counsel said nothing but guilty

would be allowed.

The judge called a court recess while he could meet with the attorneys,

but Biden's team told the court it could all be resolved today.

Alex Stone, ABC News, Los Angeles.

After months of delays, a hearing in the case

of former President Trump's election interference case

in Washington, D.C. starts today,

just a week after a special counsel, Jack Smith,

filed a superseding indictment in the case.

ABC's Catherine Falders with more of what's to be expected.

So this will essentially also be Trump's arraignment

with these new charges.

So his lawyer will enter that plea of not guilty.

They've already indicated that that will be the plea.

So that will happen.

Then they'll move into the hearing.

In terms of the timing with the superseding indictment,

look, DOJ seems to have been figuring out

what exactly they were going to do,

how they were going to move forward

after the Supreme Court ruling.

Both sides have acknowledged the legal briefs

that will be filed in this case

will eventually end up back before an appeals court

and even likely the Supreme Court

as they weigh what official acts

the former president could be amused.

So we'll see what we can do.

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Thank you so much, Maria.

We do have an accident.

It's been there for a bit, but keep an eye out for it.

It's northbound on I-15,

right about fourth north in the west Bountiful area.

It's been blocking a right lane of traffic.

Ricky Meese in the KSL Traffic Center.

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recapping our top story.

We're learning more about

the road rage case in Sandy

where a man fired 13 shots

at another car.

Charging documents say the man

thought that the other driver

was a rival gang member.

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Juab High School is dealing

with a bat infestation.

In an email to parents,

the school says all activities

in the gym and its nearby classrooms

will be relocated or rescheduled.

School says they've contacted

a professional mitigation company

which is expected to come today

and work on the problem.

They do not believe any students

have been in contact with the bats.

The Utah Supreme Court is considering

whether to revive a lawsuit

led by youth climate activists

against the state.

The children claim the Utah laws

have allowed fossil fuels

to cause harm to their health and safety.

The lawsuit was originally

dismissed by a district judge in 2022.

The past dismissal,

it was Judge Robert Faust

and he said that he didn't think

it should move forward

because the Utah legislature

has already balanced the interest

and created policies

that take this into account.

And he also said that they

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or that this lawsuit could address it.

That's KSL.com reporter Emily Ashcraft.

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National Park Service is still asking

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limiting showers to five minutes or less,

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The updates on the severe bridge dam

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Division of Water Resources says

the dam was originally built in 1906.

The upgrades are aimed at making it

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Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary

Pete Buttigieg announced

over $5 million in federal grants for Utah.

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Overall, it's pretty quiet

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but northbound I-15,

they've just cleared an accident

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and it had been blocking a right lane.

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on Bangor Highway.

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We've got some good news today,

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63 with clear skies overnight.

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even better air on Saturday, 93.

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Coming up on Utah's noon news,

Hunter Biden showed up in court today

saying he's decided to change his plea.

We'll hear from KSL's legal analyst,

Greg Skordas, on what this means.

That's coming up.

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The three things you need to know this hour.

First,

documents say police believe the Kearns man

who shot at another vehicle while his kids were in the back seat

thought the other driver was affiliated with a rival gang.

I'm KSL News Radio's Eric Cabrera.

Second,

Juab High School has a team coming in today

to deal with a bat infestation.

Some classes are being moved to other areas of the school.

Third,

traffic and weather together, Ricky.

Salt Lake City PD has just wrapped up an accident

downtown at West Temple and 600 South.

If you're traveling I-15 in the Valley,

you're good to go north and southbound between Ogden and Provo.

Ricky Meese in the KSL Traffic Center.

Smoky, hazy skies to start, but clearing smoke by afternoon.

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Time now for KSL's top national stories.

From ABC News, I'm Michelle Franzen.

In California, a twist at the start of Hunter Biden's federal tax trial.

His attorney, Signolini, wants to change his not guilty plea.

Hunter Biden.

His team wants to enter what's called an Alford plea

in which Biden would plead guilty to the nine counts against him,

but at the same time maintain his innocence to the conduct that's alleged,

namely that he failed to pay $1.4 million in taxes

while he was in the throes of a cocaine addiction.

Sources say terms of the deal were proposed behind closed doors

with the judge.

An Alford plea is rare.

In court, prosecutors said they would accept nothing but a guilty plea.

Alex Stone, ABC News, Los Angeles.

In Washington, D.C., a hearing today,

involving former President Trump and the superseding indictment

in the January 6th election interference case.

It was on hold until a Supreme Court ruled on presidential immunity.

ABC's Catherine Folders has the latest.

Essentially, the big takeaway from this hearing,

this hearing was to obviously set deadlines,

to set new schedules, if you will,

about when to file motions, when to turn over evidence,

if it hasn't been turned over yet.

But the big takeaway from all sides here,

the judge, special counsel Jack Smith, and Trump's lawyers,

was that this isn't moving anywhere, anytime fast.

In Georgia, still no motive in the deadly shooting

at Appalachee High School.

The suspected shooter, a 14-year-old student,

ABC's Faith Abubi, is on scene at the high school.

Officers finding the suspect with an AR-15-style rifle.

They say he surrendered without incident.

The shooter quickly realized that if he did not give up,

that it would end with an OIS, an officer-involved shooting.

He gave up, got on the ground.

Authorities identifying the victims as 14-year-old,

student Mason Schammerhorn and Christian Angulo,

teachers Richard Aspinwall and Christina Arame.

FBI says last year it received tips about online threats

to shoot up a school and trace those threats to the teen,

but there wasn't enough evidence to charge him.

You're listening to ABC News.

Time for the KSL In-Depth.

The jury selection was supposed to begin today

in Hunter Biden's federal tax trial,

but instead he changed his plea.

The Alford plea he entered means he essentially

still maintains his innocence while accepting the plea,

and the punishment that comes with the nine charges against him.

KSL legal analyst Greg Skordas told David Dujanovic

this news is not surprising.

Especially after the recent conviction.

I mean, he is going to have to face a trial

if he wanted to go to trial as a convicted felon.

That's not a good start with a jury.

I'm sure the government didn't have a real burning desire

to prosecute him anymore for what they've already done.

They had already offered a plea bargain on the tax case,

which, as you recall, a year ago,

he was literally before a judge ready to enter into an agreement

on that case, and then everything fell apart.

So the machinery was already in place for that case to be resolved,

and now that it is, or at least it looks like it's going to,

I think that makes a lot of sense from both sides.

He went on to say it's unlikely that Hunter Biden

will face a harsh sentence,

especially because he's taking responsibility for his actions,

but he will still face,

at least, some prison time.

I don't see how he can't,

because he did go to trial on the gun charge,

and that's a charge that probably carries up to five years.

I'm not saying he'll do five years,

but it wouldn't be surprising, Debbie,

if he did six months or up to a year combined on these two cases.

Hunter Biden's defense attorney told the judge today

that the evidence against Hunter Biden is overwhelming

and that the president's son wants to resolve the case with a plea

instead of going to trial for a second time.

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Starting out with the smoke today,

but by evening,

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Highs in the upper 80s.

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We're looking at a good drive

on the Valley Freeways.

No accidents, no delays.

And if you are traveling I-15,

the freeway looks great

both directions

between Ogden and Provo.

We did have a vehicle fire.

It's in the cleanup stages

westbound on Highway 40

in Wasatch County.

It's about five miles west of Fruitland.

I wouldn't expect any kind of big backups.

The BYU Department of Dance

presents World of Dance,

featuring BYU's finest ballroom

contemporary ballet,

Native American and folk dance ensembles.

September 19th and 20th

at the Marriott Center.

Tickets at byuonstage.com.

Rikki Meese in the KSL Traffic Center.

Smoky skies today

will give way to some cleaner air

moving in from the northeast

highs in the upper 80s.

63 overnight clear skies

will go for hazy sunshine

on your Friday,

but a lot of sunshine.

But a lot of sunshine.

But a lot cleaner air

for your Friday afternoon

with highs in the low 90s.

From the KSL Weather Center,

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Good afternoon, KSL News Time 1230.

It's sunny, 81 degrees

in downtown Salt Lake City.

KSL's top story this hour.

Even though we haven't had

any measles cases here in Utah,

we're still in the middle of the night.

In Utah, there are more cases

being reported across the nation.

And meanwhile,

childhood vaccination rates

are dropping.

KSL News Radio's

Tammy Kikuchi reports.

In 2000, measles were declared eradicated

after no cases were reported

for three weeks.

This year, though,

measles are surging

in states all around Utah.

And now kids are heading

back to school,

but Rich Lake and State Director

of Immunization

with the Health Department says

parents can see if kids

are vaccinated in the schools

their kids attend.

We have every school

in the vaccination rate

of two to three years.

And we're seeing

a lot of that school online.

Parents can go in

and they can view

what the exemption rate

would be in that particular school.

Lakin says in 2014,

90% of kindergartners

in Utah were immunized,

but that rate has dropped

to 87% now.

Tammy Kikuchi, KSL News Radio.

All that smoke

that rolled in yesterday

is dissipating.

It was still thick overnight,

but a northeast wind

has been pushing it out

over the last few hours.

Utah Department of Environmental

Quality reports

that the air quality

is moderate right now,

and that will continue

for the next couple of days.

Yesterday, smoky air

made some football sports teams

move indoors for training.

KSL TV's Debbie Worthen

met with Harriman High School staff

who rented out a facility

to keep their athletes safe.

Braxton Ellman

is the athletic trainer.

We rented the facility out today

because the air quality

got to a point

where it was unhealthy.

Part of his job

is to make sure the kids stay safe

under UHSAA guidelines.

That includes air quality.

Whether it's air quality,

we have these procedures

like we said,

they're set in stone

and we have to follow them.

A district spokesperson says

every school evaluates

their air quality every day.

KSL's top national stories.

Final debate prep is underway

for former Vice President

Kamala Harris,

excuse me,

for Vice President Kamala Harris

and former President Trump

as their televised debate draws near.

Now the candidates are taking

a different approach

before they take the stage.

A.B.

C's Karen Travers has more.

Donald Trump goes into these debates

by not doing traditional debate prep.

He is not doing those mock debates

where you stand up at a podium,

go against a sparring partner

for 90 minutes.

He prepares by doing policy sessions

with his advisors.

He's doing town halls

and interviews this week

that his campaign says

gets him ready

for that moment next Tuesday night.

Kamala Harris is traveling

to Pittsburgh though

where she will be spending

the next several days

working with senior advisors

getting her ready

for the debate on Tuesday.

The debate will air live

here on KSL Newsradio

Tuesday night

at seven hour time.

Vice President Harris

has raised an unprecedented

$500 million

in the last two months

for her presidential bid

and she's spreading the wealth

around to smaller local races.

Anyone who's elected

using her money

are now loyal to her, right?

So she's building

kind of like old school politics,

right, Dave?

Like she's building a party machine

to run with her

as she's going into this presidency.

Weber State University

political science professor

Leah Murray tells

David Dujanovic Harris

is sending money to the places

where every last vote

counts for Democrats.

The latest updated

voter registration numbers

in Utah show 200,000 more voters

than the last election

and more than half of those

are Republicans.

It's important to know

we can't say for sure

where these new voters came from,

whether they're brand new registrations,

party switchers,

or unaffiliated voters

picking a party.

There's also one outlier.

The Green Party shrank

from 2003 active voters

four years ago

to just under 250 last month.

Becky Bruce, KSL Newsradio.

Utah Democrats and Republicans

agree on several key ideas

despite serious divides

over many different issues.

KSL Newsradio's

Don Brinkerhoff has more.

The most important issue

to all the voters surveyed

is housing affordability.

That's followed by politicians

ignoring voters and inflation,

even though voters of all persuasions

agree on many of the

17 issues the Utah Foundation

surveyed about,

Republicans and Democrats

have vastly different opinions

about how to address those issues.

Crowded neighborhoods

and the health of the Great Salt Lake

were ranked lower by voters.