HOLBROOK – On July 27, a Navajo County grand jury re-indicted Shawn Michael Chock, 35, of White Mountain Lakes, on charges including second degree murder, a class 2 felony, for his alleged actions while cycling on Show Low on June 19.
The new indictment opens a new case prosecuted by the office of Brad Carlyon, Navajo County Attorney, and follows the death of 58-year-old Jeremy Barrett on July 10. Barrett and others were seriously injured during the race when Chock allegedly drove his Ford Super Duty pickup truck into a crush of cyclists at the start of the Bike the Bluff race at the Deuce of Clubs around 7:25 a.m.
Barrett’s girlfriend reportedly said Barrett suffered “massive internal injuries and broken bones.” He was treated in a hospital in Flagstaff. He appeared to be recovering along the way and was planning to move to a facility in Tucson. But Barrett apparently suffered a stroke and died on July 10th. The friend reportedly described him as a kind, knowledgeable and helpful man who lived parts of his life in Zimbabwe and Australia and was known among cycling enthusiasts as a mentor to new cyclists.
Chock was also charged with a Class 2 crime, aggravated assault against a peace officer, eight Class 3 crimes against other people, suspected of being other cyclists, a Class 2 crime for leaving the scene of the accident with death or serious injury, and a Class 5 crime Crime of illegally escaping from a police vehicle.
Chock is considered innocent by law and has not yet addressed the charges in the new indictment. If Chock actually plowed into the group, the reason is unknown. It is also not yet known whether Chock, who has a distant history of DUIs, was compromised at the time.
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