Man arrested in connection to shooting in Ammon
BONNEVILLE COUNTY, Idaho (KIFI) - UPDATE: 2-12: 9 A.M. - Talon Cavanaugh was booked into the Bannock County Jail Thursday night on charges of felony aggravated assault and felony eluding an officer.
He is also on felony probation with the Idaho Department of Correction. He was incarcerated on charges out of Bonneville and Bingham Counties dating back to 2017 and 2018 respectively.
Chubbuck Police say their investigation into the incident is continuing. Bonneville County charges will be forthcoming as well.
Chubbuck Police said the cooperation of multiple police agencies and communications centers was on full display. In a statement, they said, “This level of cooperation helped immensely with getting this subject into custody without further violence or injuries to officers or members of the community.”
UPDATE 2/11/21: The Chubbuck Police Department, Pocatello Police Department and Idaho State Police were conducting investigative follow up Thursday in reference to a shooting incident that occurred in Bonneville County earlier this week.
During the investigation, Chubbuck Police officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle that was believed to be occupied by the suspect from the shooting in Bonneville County and were immediately fired upon by the driver of the suspect vehicle.
Police report the suspect fired multiple rounds towards the Chubbuck Police Department marked patrol vehicle near Briarwood and Chickadee roads and then fled the area northbound on Hiline Rd.
Chubbuck Police, Pocatello Police, Idaho State Police, Bannock County Sheriff’s Office, Bingham County Sheriff’s Office, as well as the Fort Hall Police Department assisted in with the pursuit of the vehicle which was eventually disabled due to the terrain in a field on the Fort Hall Tribal Reservation.
No officers were injured during the shooting.
26-year-old Talon Cavanaugh was apprehended and taken into custody due to the cooperative effort of all of the agencies listed above.
Cavanaugh will be booked into the Bannock County Jail, and information pertaining to charges will be released at a later date.
ORIGINAL: Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking your help in locating a suspect connected to a shooting incident that happened Tuesday evening.
Deputies assigned to the Ammon Division responded to an apartment complex on Maiben St. at approximately 8:23 p.m. to a report of a male who shot a gun inside an apartment.
Upon arrival, deputies learned 26-year-old Talon S. Cavanaugh arrived at an apartment occupied by his ex-wife and children and kicked in the locked door to make entry. Cavanaugh apparently confronted his ex-wife and one of the children, pointed a handgun at her and fired a shot just over her head into the wall before fleeing the area in a vehicle.
Deputies have been searching for Cavanaugh and are asking that anyone with information as to his whereabouts contact dispatch immediately at 208-529-1200 or Crime Stoppers at 208-522-1983, online at www.ifcrime.org, or the P3 tips app on your mobile device.
According to police, Cavanaugh is considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached.
The sheriff's office said Cavanaugh is described as a white male, approximately 6’1” tall, and 170 lbs. Witnesses described a vehicle Cavanaugh was driving as a blue/green color passenger car with Idaho license plate 8BML025, which does not belong to that particular vehicle.
