Earlier this week a #BlackLivesMatter activist was arrested for shooting an elderly man in Utah.

Why isn't the national news media covering this story?

Short answer: it doesn't fit the narrative.

Ryann Richardson reports:

Officers with the Provo City Police Department arrested two individuals Tuesday after reports of shots fired during protests in Provo on Monday evening.

According to the probable cause statements filed in support of the arrests, officers received reports at around 8:45 p.m. Monday of shots fired. The shooting was reported to have occurred in the area of Center Street and University Avenue in Provo where two protests were taking place.

Demonstrators protesting police brutality had moved into the intersection, blocking traffic, and a white SUV was proceeding southbound on University and attempting to turn right onto Center Street when a confrontation ensued. During the confrontation, a man brandished a firearm and fired rounds into the vehicle, striking the driver.

The driver, who changed course and accelerated through protesters while continuing south on University in an attempt to escape, was admitted to the emergency room at the Utah Valley Hospital with injuries consistent to a gunshot wound to the arm and shrapnel in his eye and stomach, according to arrest documents.

The man with the firearm chased after the vehicle, firing a second round through the rear window, which was found lodged in the steering wheel. Several witnesses recording with their cell phones at the time of the shooting, contacted the Provo City Police Department and provided the video evidence to police.

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