A professional bull rider was shot and killed in what police are calling a domestic-violence related homicide.
The Salt Lake Police Department arrested 21-year-old LaShawn Denise Bagley on suspicion of murder in the death of Demetrius Omar Lateef Allen, who was known in bull riding circles as Ouncie Mitchell.
Allen, 27, was found with more than one gun shot wound to his body, while outside an apartment complex in Salt Lake City around 12:06 a.m. Monday.
He was immediately rushed to a local nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
Allen came to Salt Lake City to compete in the PRCA Rodeo at the Utah State Fair and planned to stay with Bagley, who he was in a relationship with.
It was reported that after the fair, the couple got into a heated argument at a downtown bar, and Allen went to retrieve his belongings at Bagley’s apartment when he was shot.
Allen’s relatives were shocked after hearing the news of his murder.
“I don’t understand, and I don’t know how long it’s going to take me to understand,” Allen’s cousin Ezekiel Mitchell said. “The guy that would give the shirt off his back to anybody, why would you take his life away?”
Allen had a 4-year old daughter, who loved her daddy, said the little girl’s mother Nyteshea Haywood.
“She loved him and loved him and loved him. It was always, ‘My daddy this, my daddy doing this, my daddy took me fishing,'” said the girl’s mother. “She loves her dad and so having to break that news to her was a huge distraught.”
Bagley is also facing charges of felony discharge of a firearm and is expected to have a court hearing soon.
They should dress that dumb b*tch like a rodeo clown and put her in an arena with ten pissed off bulls in his honor of his memory! Sorry for his daughter’s and his family’s loss!
I agree, ScotOKC
I’m with ya there ScotOKC
She’s gonna be a prison bitch. Lookin’ like that, I’d think she was a hooker workin’ the hotel.
This violence will NOT stop until we figure out a way to limit access to firearms for some of these folks. Gun violence is OUT OF CONTROL in this country.
Ryan, the gun didn’t hop out of a drawer, go out the door and fire itself. A person fired the shot. If you want to ban guns, then you have to be in favor of banning knives, shoe strings, straight razors and cars. Those items, used by the wrong people, kill more people than guns. If you take guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens, only criminals will have guns. And by the very definition of the word criminal, they are not going to obey any gun laws. I have much sympathy for the family of this man and hate this happened, but it is the girlfriend who fired the gun.
I agree with you Jayne. Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. We need to learn how to deal with conflict without taking the other persons life. I’m sorry for this family’s lose and my heart aches for his daughter. God bless
Just glad it wasn’t done in commiefornia, she’d be out walking the streets looking for her next victim.
I agree with you Jayne. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. We need to learn how to deal with conflicts without taking the other persons life. I’m sorry for this family’s lose. God bless
AMEN and well put Jayne
People kill people. Because we are living in a hot headed society with no morals or live. The gun didn’t do anything she was being stupid and committed a crime. She took chose her destiny. America just passed purge law in Illinois why can’t the pass CAPITAL PUNISHMENT? You commit a crime we chip your hand off?? Other countries do this the only way criminal activity will reduce.