Two teens charged in disturbance involving a gun

Charges have been filed in a May 28 disturbance among teenagers that involved a gun.

Alizae Fries, 19, has been charged with a felony county of accountability for assault with a weapon.

On May 28, officers were dispatched around 7 p.m. to the Papa John’s on Central Avenue West for a report that several males were in the alley behind the pizza shop threatening another with a gun.

The males had left, but dispatch received reports that they’d returned about 30 minutes later and were trying to fight, according to court documents.

As officers were responding, they received a report of shots being fired.

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When they arrived on scene, people came out of the Papa John’s and said the suspects had just gone down the alley. Officers recovered one 9mm shell casing in the alley, according to court documents.

Several victims were identified, ranging in age from 11 to 18, who said that DL, a 16-year-old had shot at them in the alley.

They said that Fries, DL and DR, a 13-year-old male and a few others, had come to Papa Johns to fight two other boys, ages 13 and 15, according to court documents.

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DR had been threatening BD by phone saying he’d “shoot up his house,” according to court documents.

The victims were at Papa John’s visiting BD’s brother who works there, according to the police report.

They went outside and were confronted by Alizae, DR and DL.

Alizae handed DL a backpack and he reached inside, pulled out a pistol, racked the slide and pointed it at the victims, firing a shot at them, according to court documents.

TP, a 15-year-old female with the victim’s group, filmed the incident on her phone, and the footage corroborated their statements, according to court documents.

DL was charged in juvenile court, according to Cascade County Attorney Josh Racki.

Officers located Alizae on May 29. He told officers he’d been at the Papa John’s the previous day so DL and BD’s brother could fight one on one, according to court documents.

Alizae admitted to giving DL the gun in the backpack, but said he believed DL was only going to scare the group and didn’t know he would shoot at them, according to court documents.

“Although Alizae does not have a criminal history, his aid in bringing the gun and providing it to DL who then shot at the other group is very concerning. Also concerning is that Alizae fled the scene after the shooting,” prosecutors wrote in the charging documents.

The county attorney’s office requested that bail be set at $15,000.

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Jenn Rowell