Salt Lake City – A prisoner accused of killing a corrections officer during a medical appointment tried to shoot a fast-food employee at the end of a high-speed chase with police but the gun didn’t fire, authorities said.
Documents filed to support the arrest of Curtis Allgier show there could have been more victims Monday after guard Stephen Anderson was shot in the head with his own gun while alone with the inmate at a University of Utah clinic.
Inside an Arby’s restaurant, Allgier held the gun in the air and ordered customers and employees to the floor, police Detective Mark Knighton wrote.
As two employees tried to wrest the weapon away, Allgier pointed the gun at one and pulled the trigger, the report states.
“The gun had a malfunction and didn’t fire,” Knighton wrote. “Allgier then hit both employees with the gun.”
A 59-year-old customer then snatched the gun from Allgier during a struggle. Allgier was subsequently captured by police while hiding in a manager’s office.
Anderson, 60, was killed while taking the multi-tattooed white supremacist to a clinic for an MRI of his sore back.
The 22-year Department of Corrections employee was shot while trying to prevent Allgier from escaping as he changed back into his prison clothes after the procedure, according to Knighton’s report.
Allgier, 27, fled the clinic on foot, carjacked a Ford Explorer and led officers on a 100-mph chase that ended at Arby’s on the west side of the city.
Formal charges are likely this week, said Robert Stott, spokesman for the Salt Lake County district attorney’s office.
Allgier was being held without bail for investigation of eight charges, including aggravated murder, which carries the death penalty. It was not known whether he had an attorney.
Business resumed at the Arby’s at 6 a.m. Tuesday, less than 24 hours after Allgier’s capture. An employee said that the restaurant needed some fix-ups after police finished their investigation, but the repairs were made quickly.
