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Ogden Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Suspect in Killing of Ben Lomond High Student

Prosecutors filed gang‑related plus school‑zone enhancements, with police withholding details of the overnight arrest during an active investigation.

Overview

  • Isaias Emanuel Carranza, 16, was taken into custody early Oct. 11 after a days‑long search, according to Ogden Police.
  • Carranza is charged as an adult with aggravated murder, two counts of attempted aggravated murder, 25 counts of felony discharge of a firearm, and possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor.
  • Charging documents list gang enhancements on all counts and note most offenses occurred in or near designated school zones.
  • Investigators cite surveillance video, eyewitness identification, and phone data placing Carranza at the scene, plus 22 shell casings found near Bonneville Elementary and Highland Junior High and three more in an abandoned Cadillac CTS recovered in Roy.
  • Police say the Oct. 7 shooting began near 5th Street and Gramercy Avenue, struck the victim through the car’s trunk as he rode in the back seat, and ended with a school resource officer attempting lifesaving aid at Ben Lomond High, where the teen was later pronounced dead.