SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The suspected gunman in a 2020 shooting at the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Provo, Utah, has been identified and is facing charges after more than four years, according to court documents.
Dallin William Litster, 26, is being charged with attempted murder, a first-degree felony; aggravated assault, a third-degree felony; and criminal mischief, a class A misdemeanor, according to an indictment filed on Tuesday, Jan. 22.
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The shooting occurred around 2:30 a.m. “on or about” Aug. 3, 2020. A guard was sitting in a security booth at the MTC when documents say a “light colored” car pulled up. A man got out of the vehicle and fired nine rounds into the security booth, with several bullets hitting the desk where the guard was sitting.
The security guard in the booth “had to jump to the ground to keep from getting shot” and was injured by broken glass. The bullets broke the windows, damaged the blinds of the booth, and caused more than $1,400 in damage.
Statements from several relatives of Litster said he drove a “light colored” or “off-white” car while living in Provo. Officials with the Provo Police Department later found a vehicle with Idaho license plates that was registered to Litster’s father from September 2016 until September 2023.
Officers reviewed surveillance footage from the incident and determined the vehicle appeared to have Idaho license plates and matched the description of Litster’s vehicle.
Documents said there were no suspects in the case until the end of May 2024 when Litster “spontaneously” told an officer about the incident while being taken to jail.
Litster was being transported by the Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Office when he told the officer “he had shot up a booth near the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, during covid,” according to documents.
Litster said the booth was empty when he shot it, and it was “just vandalism.” Officials determined Litster was enrolled at Utah Valley University in the neighboring city of Orem, Utah, at the time of the incident.
Several of Litster’s roommates told police the suspect “had issues with missionaries and the [LDS] church” before he moved out in August 2020. Litster left Utah and moved to Georgia and then Idaho, which officials said tolled the statute of limitations.
Officials are seeking a no bail arrest warrant from the court. Litster is currently being held in jail in Idaho, according to documents filed on Jan. 22.
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