{"id":1318064,"date":"2020-02-04T16:17:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T23:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=993260"},"modified":"2020-02-04T16:17:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T23:17:53","slug":"rifle-man-accused-of-attempted-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/rifle-man-accused-of-attempted-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Rifle man accused of attempted murder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jamie Babcock<\/strong>
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A Rifle man was arrested Saturday for attempted murder after he allegedly shot at an acquaintance Jan. 26.<\/p>\n

Jamie Babcock faces an attempted first-degree murder charge for allegedly trying to shoot a friend. Babcock also faces a charge of possessing a weapon as a previous offender, a class 5 felony.<\/p>\n

In his first court appearance in the case Monday, Magistrate Susan Ryan set bond at $100,000.<\/p>\n

According to an arrest warrant, Babcock first called Rifle Police and said that a gun went off three times during a struggle inside his truck.<\/p>\n

Babcock did not identify the alleged assailant, but told police the fight started with a different person at a camper parked in a lot near Railroad Avenue in Rifle, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

Babcock said he was in the truck as he struggled with the other person, but a later investigation could not find any bullet damage in the truck.<\/p>\n

Police spoke with a friend of Babcock\u2019s who claimed to have struggled with Babcock, took his gun away, and later tried to take him home because he had been drinking.<\/p>\n

Before getting into the car, Babcock allegedly said he wanted his gun back, and the friend returned it, unloaded, according to a statement from the friend.<\/p>\n

Babcock reloaded it, and when he got to the passenger seat, he fired several shots at the friend, which missed, according to the friend\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n

The friend and his brother got the gun away from Babcock, who left on foot, according to the two men\u2019s statements to police.<\/p>\n

Someone at the scene captured the fight on video, according to the affidavit, but police had not seen it at the time the arrest warrant was signed Jan. 30.<\/p>\n

Police found two shell casings at the scene, which matched two unfired rounds Babcock had in his possession, according to the warrant.<\/p>\n

In the truck Babcock\u2019s friend was driving, police found a handgun on Jan. 28 with an empty magazine and chamber, with the hammer pulled back and the safety off, according to the warrant.<\/p>\n

According to the warrant, the detective doubted that someone actively struggling with such a weapon would be able to fire more than one shot. The semiautomatic gun has a slide that ejects spent casings, which needs to move freely to fire.<\/p>\n

The detective also doubted that a gun fired inside the cab would have ejected the two casings outside the cab.<\/p>\n

tphippen@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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