Jeremiah Drew Gideon has been charged with two felonies after he allegedly ran over a man in Great Falls on Wednesday, October 9, 2024.
The victim is an employee at the Montana Credit Union; he remained hospitalized as of mid-day on Thursday.
The incident happened right outside the building near the intersection of Ninth Street South and Eighth Avenue South.
Court documents state a witness was at the drive-through ATM at the bank when Gideon drove up in a dark green Chevy pickup truck alongside the passenger side of the witness’ car.
Gideon began telling the witness that the government was tracking money and he should not be seen taking money from the ATM. The witness told Gideon to leave.
A bank employee then came out and told Gideon to leave, and went in between the two vehicles.
Surveillance video shows Gideon backing up his truck and then accelerated toward the bank employee, but the truck hit the witness vehicle instead.
The bank employee then tried to get away, but Gideon drove after him. The employee moved toward Eighth Avenue South and across the boulevard and was then hit by Gideon’s vehicle.
The court documents allege that Gideon then proceeded to run over the employee, striking another parked vehicle in the process, and then drove away.
A police officer soon found Gideon in his vehicle and began questioning him. Gideon reportedly admitted to the officer that he had run over a person, and said that he had “killed that dude.”
Gideon was identified by bank employees as he had made a transaction at the bank just before the incident.
During questioning at the Cascade County Detention Center, Gideon reportedly became combative with investigators and used racial slurs; at one point, he got up and was yelling at the officers, and kicked one of them in the groin.
Gideon also threatened the investigators, saying he would head-butt and run over them.
He has been charged with attempted deliberate homicide and assault on a peace officer.
Court documents show that Gideon has been charged with at least two counts of assault in Cascade County within the last two years, including on peace officers.
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