GUNNISON—A man who got state- wide attention in 2018 for engaging in a shootout with police on I-15 in Utah County and now is in the Central Utah Correctional Facility (CUCF) has been charged with a vicious attack on another inmate that caused permanent injuries.
Atruro Ray Gallemore-Jimenez, 42, originally of Clearfield and serving a 15-years-to-life sentence, made an initial appearance in 6th District Court last Wednesday, July 27.
He is charged with aggravated assault creating serious bodily injury, a first-degree felony. He also faces a charge of possession of a prohibited weapon in a correctional institution, a second-degree felony, and a simple assault by a prisoner, a third-degree felony.
According to a KSL-TV report, Gallemore-Jimenez is accused of stabbing the victim numerous times, causing a punctured lung and wounds to the eye and face. KSL reported the attack did permanent damage to several nerve clusters.
In 2018, Gallemore-Jimenez plead guilty and mentally ill for his role in the I-15 case where more that 75 rounds were fired by police after Gallemore-Jimenez fired at them.
The 2018 incident started when police got a report that a man had shot out the window of his truck in Nephi because he had locked the keys inside.
He was pulled over near Provo, and when officers approached his vehicle, he fired three rounds at them, triggering a fusillade of return fire. None of the more than 50 rounds fired by police hit Gallemore-Jimenez; however, a Provo man putting gas in his car 1,600 feet up the road was struck by one of the officer’s bullets. His injury was not life-threatening.
Occupants of a Chevrolet pickup carrying a family of six had a close call when a police bullet penetrated the back window of their truck, almost hitting a 4-year-old in a car seat and narrowly missing the father who was driving.
During an extended chase, Gallemore-Jimenez again shot at officers. As he exited I-15 at the University Parkway exit in Orem, police fired more rounds, striking the man’s truck and causing him to crash into a fence. That’s when he was taken into custody.
What officers didn’t know at the time was that Gallemore-Jimenez had shot a man in Aurora, Colo. and left him to die.
Gallemore-Jimenez faces an additional 15 years to life for the aggravated assault at CUCF, plus 5-15 years and 0-5 years for the second and third-degree counts.