Farmington Man Pleads Guilty in Connection to March 2021 Shooting
A Farmington man has pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting 1st-degree robbery in connection with a shooting in Farmington on March 19, 2021.
Gage Allen David Anderson, 19, is scheduled to be sentenced on April 15. He was originally charged with attempted 1st-degree murder in the incident.
On the afternoon of March 19, 2021, Farmington police responded to a report of a male who pointed a gun at another person near an intersection on the north end of town.
A woman told police she had seen a vehicle being driven in the middle of the road and the driver pointing a black handgun out of the window of the vehicle.
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Another male reportedly got out and ran away from the driver. The driver followed the male, running away from him while pointing the gun at him, the criminal complaint said.
Farmington police received a second report of a vehicle driving erratically. Officers responded and observed a male outside of the vehicle who staggered and then fell to the ground. They found that the male had sustained a gunshot wound to the back of his head.
The victim told officers that he was shot by a white male wearing a sweatshirt, carrying a black backpack. Medics arrived, the victim was transported to the hospital and survived his injuries.
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In his statement to police, the victim reported that Gage Anderson and a friend of Anderson’s robbed him during a drug deal. The victim was driving his vehicle and the suspects wanted the victim to go and get more money, the complaint said.
While the three were in the vehicle, the victim attempted to exit the vehicle and escape from the suspects. It was during his attempted escape that the victim was shot.
The suspects were apprehended together shortly after the shooting. At the time of their arrest, the juvenile suspect was found in possession of a handgun.
The juvenile male was identified as the shooter and previously entered a guilty plea to 1st-degree attempted murder (while committing a felon) and was sentenced as an Extended Jurisdiction Juvenile. He was given a stayed adult sentence of 180 months in prison and was placed on probation until age 21 with several conditions, including incarceration in a secure juvenile facility.
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