Jury finds Utah man guilty of murder in 2018 restaurant shooting – KSL TV

WEST JORDAN — A man who fired fatal shots at a West Jordan Rancherito’s five years ago was found guilty of murder on Thursday. Jonathan Hunt, 23, was guilty of murder and felony discharge of a firearm, first-degree felonies, according to the jury. The jury declined to find he acted under imperfect self-defense, meaning they determined he did not believe he was defending himself, and he was not legally justified when he fired the shots. On Sept. 14, 2018 about 12:30 a.m., Hunt and Jayden Olsen entered the restaurant where Noe Armijo-Luna, 20, of Midvale, and his friend were eating. Armijo-Luna and Olsen were involved in an argument over advice Armijo-Luna gave to Olsen about his ex-girlfriend and had been sending Snapchat messages; witnesses at the restaurant said there was arguing going on at the restaurant. In the two minutes he was at the restaurant, Hunt fired a gun at Armijo-Luna twice, killing him, before leaving the restaurant with Olsen. Throughout the trial, the judge instructed the jury not to get food at the scene of the shooting, which is about three blocks away, because they should rely only on evidence presented at trial. Eyewitness accounts At the trial, all
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