A deadly shootout last week in Cheyenne started because one of the shooters thought a man was driving through his neighborhood \u201csuspiciously,\u201d court documents say. The driver reportedly shot and killed the man’s brother.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
By Clair McFarland<\/p>\n\n\n\n A deadly shootout Thursday in Cheyenne started because one of the shooters thought a man was driving through his neighborhood \u201csuspiciously,\u201d court documents say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leandro F. Dominguez, 18, of Cheyenne, is charged with attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of James Gulley, 32, who\u2019d been driving around Dominguez\u2019s neighborhood Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gulley survived with a foot wound, but Gulley shot and killed Dominguez\u2019s brother Mauricio Dominguez Jr. during the shootout, according to an evidentiary affidavit filed Friday in the Cheyenne Circuit Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, the evidence indicates Gulley acted in self-defense, Laramie County District Attorney Sylvia Hackl told Cowboy State Daily in a Tuesday text message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The affidavit, penned by Cheyenne Police Department Detective Aaron Willmarth, says officers were dispatched to the area of East 2nd<\/sup> and Dunn avenues in Cheyenne at about 2 p.m. for a report of a shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Their interviews have led them to believe that Gulley was driving his vehicle through the neighborhood that afternoon, and Leandro Dominguez thought the vehicle was moving \u201csuspiciously\u201d through the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, Leandro Dominguez started driving around to find Gulley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gulley stopped and Leandro Dominguez pulled up next to him \u201cwindow to window,\u201d says the affidavit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gulley got out of his vehicle to find out why Dominguez was following him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leandro Dominguez later told police he believed he saw the imprint of a gun in Gulley\u2019s clothes, and he left immediately, says the affidavit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gulley then followed Leandro Dominguez around the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leandro called his brother, Mauricio Dominguez Jr., and told him, \u201cBe ready, this guy\u2019s following me, let\u2019s go,\u201d says the affidavit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gulley, who reportedly had his own brother and a woman with him, had stopped following Leandro Dominguez, and at about 1:58 p.m., Gulley parked on 2nd<\/sup> Avenue west of Dunn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two minutes later, the Dominguez brothers pulled up next to Gulley\u2019s vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mauricio Dominguez got out of his brother\u2019s vehicle brandishing an 18-inch-long pipe wrench, the affidavit says. Gulley got out of his vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The document also says somebody captured a video of the altercation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLet\u2019s go mother f***er,\u201d says a voice in the video, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three quick gunshots followed, which police believe Gulley fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leandro left the scene, drove to his home around the corner, retrieved and loaded a semiautomatic pistol, and returned to the shootout scene, says the affidavit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There he discovered his brother Mauricio was dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The affidavit says Leandro pointed his gun at Gulley, and at a 31-year-old woman who had exited the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMove, bitch,\u201d he reportedly yelled at the woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gulley retreated. Leandro tracked Gulley\u2019s movements with the pistol. While moving around, Gulley retrieved his gun from his right pants pocket, says the affidavit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leandro fired toward Gulley, hitting him in the right foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gulley\u2019s brother, who is about 18, was also nearly struck by Leandro\u2019s bullets as he fled from the gunfire, the document adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gulley shot back at Leandro Dominguez, hitting him in the left thigh with one bullet, reportedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As of Monday, the Cheyenne court system reflected no criminal charges against Gulley relating to this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Laramie County District Attorney Deputy Bill Edelman charged Leandro Dominguez on Friday with one count of attempted first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The attempted first-degree murder charge is punishable by life in prison, while each of the three aggravated assault charges carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The aggravated assault charges are based on different theories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first one alleges that Leandro Dominguez threatened Gulley\u2019s brother with a drawn deadly weapon. The second alleges that Dominguez threatened the woman in Gulley\u2019s vehicle with a drawn deadly weapon. The third alleges that Dominguez tried to injure James Gulley seriously with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hard to say where the truth lies, but it does seem like a good example of how a situation can escalate unnecessarily out of control with life changing implications. And how deescalating a situation with the language you choose can prevent a violent outcome. 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