OCR Text |
Show Shooting victim reported fair; charges are filed Tommy Clements, 29, is reported re-ported in fair condition at the Valley View Medical Center in Cedar City Wednesday from Injuries sustained from a gunshot gun-shot wound inflicted Monday evening in the Escalante Valley. Val-ley. Charged With assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the shooting is Cecil Theodore Yoakum, 63, also of the Escalante Valley. Yoakum was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Haldow E. Chris-tensen Chris-tensen Tuesday and was released re-leased on $3000 bail, pending the preliminary hearing. According to Iron County Sheriff Ira Schoppmann the incident occured at the Wil-lard Wil-lard Allen Trailer Court in the Escalante Valley following a series of arguments that began be-gan earlier in the day. The shooting occured at the trailer trail-er of a third party, Howard Russel Rice. Clements was shot with a 22 calibre automatic pistol at close range. The bullet entered enter-ed the abdomen but is believed believ-ed to have missed any of the vital organs. |