The Idaho police arrested a man on Friday afternoon suspected of shooting a motorist that later wound up dead in northern Utah earlier this week after a two-day manhunt.
At about 3:15pm, 45-year-old Jonathan Llana was apprehended by officers in an area of southern Idaho outside of Pocatello about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from where the suspect bashed his car into a canal on Wednesday night after a police pursuit, according to news releases from Idaho State Police and the Utah Highway Patrol. LLana had broken into a house in the area and stolen an all-terrain vehicle, they said.
No officers or residents were injured.
The Los Angeles man is charged with murder and attempted murder in association with the Wednesday night shooting that killed Dennis Gwyther, aged 50, of Salt Lake City and injured Gwyther’s passenger.
Matt Gwyther, the victim’s husband said in a statement he wants “swift justice” for the suspect and celebrated Llana’s arrest on his Facebook account .
He said in a Facebook post that he and Dennis Gwyther married on Dec. 10, 2013, the day gay marriage was legalized in Utah. He said Dennis Gwyther was the “love of his life” who enjoyed being the “bonus dad” to his two teenage children and enjoyed having fun and laughing.
He said Dennis Gwyther loved kidding around and playing jokes and was like a “kid inside an adult body.” He said he really loved gadgets and was a genius with technology, loved writing and did sound and lighting for clubs in Salt Lake City.