Ogden man charged in weekend shooting over alleged drug dispute

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OGDEN — An Ogden man was charged Tuesday in connection with a shooting over what police say was a drug deal.

Orlando Carranza-Cendejas, 23, is charged in 2nd District Court with attempted murder, a first-degree felony; obstructing justice and drug distribution, second-degree felonies; possession of a weapon by a restricted person and tampering with a witness, third-degree felonies; and possession of drug paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor.

On Sunday, Carranza-Cendejas went to the victim’s residence in the area of 200 N. Harrisville Road, where the man’s girlfriend answered the door.

As the man walked toward the door, “Carranza-Cendejas pulled a firearm and shot (the) victim ... in the chest,” according to charging documents. The man remained in the hospital on Tuesday in critical condition but was expected to survive, police said.

The girlfriend told detectives “this was a disagreement over narcotics between Carranza- Cendejas and (the boyfriend),” the charges state.

When he was taken into custody, a juvenile relative was with Carranza-Cendejas, according to charging documents. He yelled to the boy “not to talk to the police and said, ‘They don’t have (expletive) on you,” the charges state.

Carranza-Cendejas later claimed to detectives that he was not trying to shoot the victim and that the victim had previously threatened him, according to charging documents.

The juvenile relative was also taken into custody for being a “witness to murder” and was placed into juvenile detention for investigation of obstruction of justice. It was not known Tuesday whether formal charges had been filed against him.

During a search of Carranza-Cendejas’ vehicle, “multiple baggies of an off-white crystal-like substance were located,” the charges state, and Carranza-Cendejas said he had recently used methamphetamine and marijuana.

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