HOLBROOK, Ariz. (AP) – A man accused of plowing his pickup truck into a group of cyclists competing in a weekend race has been charged with grievous bodily harm and other charges.
Shawn Michael Chock, 36, earlier this week was charged with nine cases of grievous bodily harm with a lethal weapon and one for escaping an accident and one for illegally escaping. He is due to be tried in the Navajo County Superior Court on Monday, according to the case officer’s office.
Dock’s attorney, Hunter T. Lewis, declined to comment on the charges Friday when he was reached by The Associated Press.
Several cyclists were injured when Chock in Show Low, a mountain town about three hours northeast of Phoenix, sped into a crowd that had gathered for the annual 93-kilometer Bike the Buff race. Witnesses reported seeing the bodies of cyclists flying left and right.
Chock then bumped into a telephone pole and backed away from the crowd as cyclists pounded on the truck’s windows yelling at him to get out, witnesses said. Chock drove down the street, turned and drove back to the cyclists before driving away, witnesses said.
The police caught up with him in front of a nearby hardware store and shot him. Chock was hospitalized in Flagstaff until his release on July 2. He is detained in Navajo County.
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