A man allegedly opened fire with a shotgun on two men and a boy riding a UTV in the El Paso County desert.

The suspect, Jaime Jimenez, was arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a standoff with a SWAT team.

Jimenez claimed he was protecting his property, though it is unclear if the riders were on his land.

Two men and a boy were riding an all-terrain utility vehicle in the desert when a man with a shotgun opened fire , wounding two of them, in eastern El Paso County , court documents stated.

Jaime Jimenez, 45, remained held at the El Paso County Jail Annex on Thursday, Sept. 11, on three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the Sept. 6 shooting southeast of Horizon City, according to jail records.

Jimenez claimed that h

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