DEREK FOOTE IS BACK ON THE STREETS AFTER BEING ARRESTED MONDAY. FOOTE IS THE MAN WHO RANDOMLY FIRED OFF HIS GUN LAST WEEKEND, HITTING SEVERAL HOMES IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR LOMAS AND TRAMWAY. APD SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER TELLS US HE OFFICERS CAUGHT UP WITH AND ARRESTED FOOTE LATE MONDAY NIGHT …AND CHARGING HIM WITH 3 FELONY COUNTS FOR SHOOTING AT AN OCCUPIED DWELLING.
IT WAS FIRST BELIEVED THAT NO HOUSES WERE HIT DURING THAT SHOOTING SPREE. BUT TIXIER SAYS IT WAS LATER LEARNED THAT BULLETS FROM FOOTE’S WEAPON HIT SEVERAL HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE OF THOSE HOMES IS WHERE A YOUNG FAMILY WITH A SMALL BABY LIVE.
TIXIER SAYS FOOTE HAS A HISTORY OF FIRING OFF GUNS. HE’S DUE IN COURT WEDNESDAY AND COULD WIND UP BACK IN JAIL IF THE JUDGE REVOKES HIS BOND.
