Salt Lake man charged with firing shots at man who offered ex-wife a ride

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SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake man who police say shot at another man who was giving his ex-wife a ride was charged with two felonies on Monday.

Mario E. Regules, 32, is charged in 3rd District Court with attempted murder, a first-degree felony, and possession of a firearm by a restricted person, a second-degree felony.

On March 13, a man said he was waiting outside the house of Regules’ ex-wife to pick her up. While he was waiting, he received a text message from the woman telling him “that her ex-husband, the defendant Mario Regules, was waiting close by. She told (the man) to leave or Regules would kill him,” according to charging documents.

Surveillance video from the area recorded Regules parked down the street, police say. When the victim left the ex-wife’s house, he drove past Regules. Surveillance video shows Regules pointing a gun at the man and firing, the charges state.

Five bullet holes were found on the victim’s car, “spanning from the front fender to the back door,” the charges state. The man, however, was not injured.

The man also told police that four months earlier while he was again at the ex-wife’s house, “Regules pointed a gun at (the man’s) head and told him that he was going to kill him,” according to charging documents.

Regules, a documents gang member, also had a warrant out for his arrest for failing to show up for court on charges of drug possession, according to court records. Prosecutors also noted in charging documents that Regules “has a history of committing violent offenses” and “is known to flee from law enforcement.”

“On two separate occasions the police have attempted to apprehend the defendant on this case and defendant had fled, resulting in two separate felony evading cases. The defendant has demonstrated through his actions that he is a danger to the community, and a flight risk,” the charges state.

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