Alleged Uniontown gas station shooter arrested, denied bail
A Duquesne man who allegedly shot another man in the ankle while firing shots at a car with five people inside outside Marathon gas station in Uniontown Feb. 5 was arrested Tuesday.
Xavier “Buckets” Tadarryl Cash, 20, of Lincoln Avenue was denied bail by Magisterial District Judge Michael M. Metros.
Cash is facing five counts each of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and simple assault and one count each of prohibited possession of a firearm, firearms not to be carried without a license and possession of a weapon.
The shooting was captured on surveillance footage at the 104 West Fayette Street gas station at about 10:20 p.m. Feb. 5. Cash reportedly argued with one of the men in the vehicle at the gas station and stared into the car. The man returned to the car and said “Heads down!” laying on top of a juvenile girl in the car, along with another man, to protect her.
Cash allegedly fired five shots at the car. Daniel Cruz was shot in the ankle and taken to Uniontown Hospital, where he was stabilized and flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital for further treatment.
Cash was convicted of escape in Mercer County in 2017.