- Tommi Tiara Jude Gallegos received probation after admitting to lying to police who were investigating a fatal friendly-fire shooting.
- She falsely claimed the party was girls-only and that she did not know the victim.
- Two others were previously sentenced for involvement in the shooting after pleading guilty to two counts of discharge of a firearm.
SALT LAKE CITY — The final charges related to a “friendly fire” fatal shooting at a party at an Airbnb are now resolved after Tommi Tiara Jude Gallegos pleaded guilty to obstructing justice.
Gallegos, 26, admitted on Sept. 29 to making a statement to an investigating officer knowing that statement was false. Charges allege that she repeatedly gave false statements, denying that she knew the victim and lying about who was at the party. Charges said Gallegos told officers it was a girls-only party to celebrate her birthday when both men and women were running out of the house.
On Jan. 14, 2024, Salt Lake police responded to a shooting near 800 South and 300 East, where they found Gabriel Isidore Vigil, 18, on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his head. Video on Vigil’s phone showed that he, Maricio Amar Reyes Valdez and Isidore Junior Barrea were dropped off at a short-term rental for Gallegos’ birthday party, along with a 16-year-old…