Police: Kaysville shooting suspect dead, victim in critical condition

Updated: 9/22/2012 2:59 pm | Published: 9/21/2012 3:45 pm

KAYSVILLE, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A tenant suspected of a shooting a Kaysville maintenance worker at an apartment complex is dead.

The shooting occurred around 2:30 pm on Friday at the Francis Peak Apartments on 600 W. Mutton Hollow Road.

Police said a 47-year-old tenant and maintenance worker got into a verbal argument, which escalated to the shooting. The tenant fired several rounds at the worker.

Authorities identified the maintenance worker at 51-year-old Steve Bailey. Bailey has at least six wounds to his body and is in critical condition at a local hospital.

The shooting was interrupted by a witnesses who tried to took out his own weapon and fired at the shooter. The man turned himself into authorities and was released after questioning.

SWAT members sent a robot into the shooter's apartment after they barricaded the scene. They found the 47-year-old white male dead inside his own apartment.

It is unclear if the gunshot wounds were from the witness or self-inflicted.

Authorities are trying to notify next of kin before releasing the man's identity.

Residents near the Kaysville shooting on September 21, 2012 wait outside police lines. (Cristina Rendon, ABC 4)

Some of the surrounding areas were evacuated while some residents closer to the scene are being told to stay in their residences.

Police said they located the 51-year-old suspect dead inside his apartment at the Francis Peak complex.

Police tell ABC 4 the shooting victim is in critical condition.

Stay with ABC 4 and ABC4.com for more on this developing story.

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dstone35 - 10/4/2012 9:42 AM

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Too often times we jump to conclusions about what really happened in cases like this before we have all the facts. There positively appears to be more to this case than what we are reading in the media. Why didn't the maintenance man simply call the police instead of calling his buddy who brought his gun who eventually shot Mr. Rosales? Too many unanswered questions.

Happy Thoughts - 9/28/2012 4:04 PM

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The two "Armed Citizens" need to be charged with murder! Kaysville Police Department needs to grow some Kahunas and do the lawful thing. The majority of people in the complex have the "Mob Mentality." The police need to look at the other aspects and possibilities, not the popular vote of the complex mobsters. The witnesses are friends/family/co-workers of the maintenance worker and bias. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out. Will they agree to a lie detector test? Why not if they have nothing to find. Oh wait....that was them hiding after the shooting.

justiceforall - 9/27/2012 6:23 PM

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Things are not always what they seem..... FACT: The witnesses credibility of what took place at the apartment complex is highly questionable since they could not get their stories straight (i.e., the altercation started over a refrigerator being delivered to Mr. Rosales' apartment, the altercation occured because Steve Bailey was attempting to intervene between John Rosales and a female, the altercation first started between Steve Bailey and John Rosales and then a female joined in, first there are two shooters, then there are three shooters, etc., etc., etc.) The so-called "eye witness" accounts of the incident are not consistent. FACT: The public will never know the whole truth of what happened that day. John Rosales will never be able to tell his side of the incident because he was killed by the other gunmen. FACT: Utah Code (Law), Title 76, Chapter 2, Section 402, subsection (2a) states that a person is NOT justified in claiming self-defense if that person flees after committing a felony. No where, under Utah law, does it state that a person is justified in using forcible defense if he later turns himself in. OPINION: Why bother having laws in Utah? Apparently, the police and district attorney are able to bend the law as they see fit.

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