TAYLORSVILLE — Three people, including a 17-year-old boy, have been charged as adults in connection with the shooting death of a Taylorsville man last week.
Alejandro Mendoza, 17, Ariana Aguilar, 44, and Natalie Estella Aguilar, 19, all from Ogden, were each charged Wednesday in 3rd District Court with murder and aggravated burglary, first-degree felonies. Mendoza was also charged with obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony. Ariana Aguilar was charged with an additional two counts of obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony, and retaliation against a witness, a third-degree felony.
Four others, ages 14-16, are listed as codefendants.
On Oct. 13, Taylorsville police were called to a residence near 2300 West and 4200 South about 3:40 a.m. There, officers found 21-year-old Jorge Llamas, who had been shot.
Ariana Aguilar — who was dating Llamas — was found on top of him. She allegedly claimed to police that “the shooter got in through the window,” and “she did not know who shot him or where the gun was,” according to charging documents.
But while officers were still in the home, they later heard a commotion from the front room and found Aguilar holding another woman on the ground while hitting her, the charges state. That woman told police that Llamas and Aguilar had gotten into a fight earlier in the evening and Llamas had kicked her out, according to the charges. Aguilar later returned to the residence along with her daughter, Natalie Aguilar, and several teens.
Moments after two of the teens entered Llamas’s bedroom, a shot was heard, charging documents state.
After Llamas was killed, Ogden police helped locate and arrest those who had allegedly fled from the home, the charges state.
After she was arrested, “Natalie stated that she received a call from her mother, Ariana, who told her they needed to come ‘jump’ Llamas,” according to the charges.
When Natalie Aguilar arrived with the others, they found her mother, who allegedly claimed Llamas had “put hands on” her. The group then forced their way into Llamas’ bedroom where he was sleeping, the charges state.
“Natalie stated Llamas was asleep when Ariana told them, ‘This is the homie.’ Natalie stated (one of the teens) began yelling at Llamas, ‘You are going to lay hands on his homie’s mother,’ and hit him with the gun. Natalie stated (the teen) continued to hit Llamas with the pistol before shooting him,” according to charging documents.
One of the teens charged later told investigators that they were just supposed to “scare” Llamas. That teen says he later got a message from one of the others stating, “Sorry someone must have put a bullet in the chamber,” the charges state.
