FILE - People evacuate after a shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. Five people were formally charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court for the shooting. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — Five people were formally charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court for a shooting that happened just outside Fashion Place mall in Murray between rival gang members that injured two and created a panic for all mall patrons.
Steven Alexander Perez-Hernandez, 18, of Sandy, Jorge Luis Crecencio-Gonzalez, 19, of Park City, Arian Huerta, 20, Flaviano "Flavio" Aguilar, 20, and Jesus Joshua "Psycho" Payan-Mendoza, 19, of Heber City, were all charged with causing a riot, a third-degree felony.
In addition, Perez-Hernandez was charged with discharge of a firearm causing serious injury, a first-degree felony; two counts of obstruction of justice, one first-degree felony and one second-degree felony. Aguilar and Crecencio-Gonzalez were also charged with obstructing justice, a first-degree felony for Aguilar and a second-degree felony for the Crecencio-Gonzalez.
All charges are subject to gang-enhanced penalties if convicted.
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Police investigate a shooting at Fashion Place in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Silas Walker, Deseret News
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A man holding a child leaves the Fashion Place mall as police investigate a shooting at Fashion Place in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Silas Walker, Deseret News
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A man and woman embrace as police investigate a shooting at Fashion Place in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Silas Walker, Deseret News
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Police investigate a shooting at Fashion Place in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Silas Walker, Deseret News
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Police investigate a shooting at Fashion Place in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Silas Walker, Deseret News
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Emergency vehicles parked outside Fashion Place as police investigate a shooting at Fashion Place in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Silas Walker, Deseret News
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People gather in a parking lot while police investigate a shooting at Fashion Place in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Silas Walker, Deseret News
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A West Valley City Police officer watches I-215 at 700 east following a shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019.
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A Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter flies over neighborhoods to the east Fashion Place Mall following a shooting art the mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019.
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People evacuate after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Evelyn Salazar Atwood wipes tears from her eyes after reuniting with her son, Chris Salazar, who works at Fashion Place Mall, after a shooting at the mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Chris Salazar, who works at Fashion Place Mall, hugs his mother, Evelyn Salazar Atwood, who rushed to the scene after a shooting at the mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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People evacuate after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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People evacuate after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Law enforcement officers respond after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Law enforcement officers respond after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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People evacuate after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Shoppers evacuate with their hands in the air after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Shoppers evacuate with their hands in the air after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Shoppers evacuate with their hands in the air after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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A police officer looks inside the Crate & Barrel as mall patrons continue to evacuate after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Shoppers evacuate with their hands in the air after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Shoppers evacuate with their hands in the air after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Law enforcement officers respond after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Shoppers evacuate with their hands in the air after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Law enforcement officers respond in the neighborhood east of Fashion Place Mall after a shooting at the mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Police tape and orange cones are seen at one of the entrances to Fashion Place Mall in Murray after a shooting there on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Law enforcement officers investivate after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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A damaged car is seen in the parking lot after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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A damaged car is seen in the parking lot after a reported shooting at Fashion Place Mall in Murray on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
On Jan. 13, a man and woman were shot just outside an entrance of Fashion Place mall, 6191 S. State. The man was shot three times in the abdomen and legs and the woman once in the leg, according to charging documents.
Detectives determined that seven members of the Florencia 13 gang — the five defendants plus two 17-year-old boys — confronted four members of the Nortenos gang inside the mall, according to charging documents. The two groups were inside the Fanzz store, and according to surveillance video, "appear to argue and then begin to leave the store at the same time," the charges state.
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At least one of the defendants told police that the man who was shot and his friend had agreed to fight the Florencia gang members outside, the charges state.
Shortly after exiting the mall, one of the 17-year-olds shot at the victims, according to the charges. One of the Norteno members then fired several rounds at the Florencia 13 group but did not hit anyone, according to charging documents.
Another man claimed it was Perez-Hernandez who told the teen boy to shoot, the charges state. Aguilar told police he sent money to that teen to help him continue to evade police, the charges state.
As of Tuesday, Murray police said the two 17-year-old boys had not been arrested.
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