MISSOULA — A 25-year-old man who authorities say shot an undercover Missoula police detective during a drug sting has been charged with attempted deliberate homicide and robbery.
The Missoulian reports that Joshua L. Robinson was charged Friday in Missoula County Justice Court and is being held on $250,000 bail.
Police say 22-year-old Jazmine Severina Beehler is also involved in the Wednesday incident. She is charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and criminal distribution of a dangerous drug. Her bail has been set at $150,000.
Authorities say the 33-year-old detective exchanged gunfire with Robinson in the detective’s vehicle when Robinson pulled a gun and tried to take drug deal money. The detective was released from a hospital on Thursday.
Police say Robinson was treated and released from the hospital Wednesday and then booked into jail. He showed no sign of injury during his appearance in court on Friday.
Court documents say that Beehler sold an undercover officer $600 worth of methamphetamine on Nov. 14, and that the officer arranged another purchase on Wednesday in a parking lot that front’s Rosauers Supermarket and Gold’s Gym on South Reserve Street in Missoula.
Deputy Missoula County Attorney Andrew Paul wrote in an affidavit that at about 2:30 p.m. two men approached the detective’s vehicle in the parking lot, but the detective said he’d only deal with one of the men.
Authorities say Robinson produced a pistol and demanded the detective give him the money. Paul wrote that Robinson apparently fired two bullets before a third round jammed in his gun.
Preliminary hearings for Robinson and Beehler are scheduled for Dec. 13.
The jail where they were being held did not have any information about attorneys for Robinson and Beehler.