Clad in a yellow inmate's jumpsuit and using a wheelchair, a visibly distraught former Lehi police officer suspected in Friday's violent shooting spree in that city was denied bail Monday by a judge.

Despite a tearful request from Art Henderson, 38, the judge denied bail on grounds that the suspect, facing three pending charges of felony aggravated attempted murder, was a danger to the community and himself.

"I find you to be very volatile and highly emotional," said 4th District Judge Steven L. Hansen.

Deputy county prosecutor Sherry Ragan said Art Henderson recklessly fired off several rounds from a gun during a car chase in Lehi Friday in which he pursued his estranged wife and her boyfriend. One of Art Henderson's bullets went through a car occupied by a 7-year-old child during the rampage while another round just missed hitting a responding Lehi police officer as it punctured his windshield, she said.

According to a probable cause statement, another bullet struck another Lehi police officer in the foot, "but did not penetrate his boot."

Ragan told Hansen that Art Henderson's alleged violent acts and his current psychological state "poses an extreme risk to society."

Police say Art Henderson pursued his estranged wife Natalie Henderson and her boyfriend Craig Trimble Friday morning through Lehi, firing rounds through his windshield at them, before smashing into their car at her parents home near 900 W. 1500 North.

Art Henderson shot Trimble at point blank range with a .45-caliber handgun which struck him in the stomach, the upper left thigh, and then hit him again in the lower left leg with a rifle, said Natalie Henderson in a later interview.

Her husband then fired several rounds at Lehi police officers with the high-powered rifle. The officers returned fire and struck Art Henderson in the foot and knee, after which he surrendered, police said.

"I was afraid he was going to go out in a blaze of glory," Natalie Henderson said of her estranged husband.

Trimble was in surgery last night at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center for his injuries. He remains in serious but stable condition, said Janet Frank, a hospital spokeswoman.

Trimble's brother, Michael Arrington, said the surgery Monday went well and he's in recovery. Doctors put a device into his lungs to break up blood clots.

Ragan said it was a miracle no one else was harmed in the shooting.

At Monday's hearing Art Henderson told the judge he needed to be given bail to care for his elderly parents. He said he was not a flight risk due to his ties to the community and due to injuries from the shooting. He said he was scheduled to undergo knee replacement surgery on the knee shot during Friday's shoot-out.

Art Henderson also told the judge that he had been taking the prescription drug Ativan, an antidepressant, however his doctor had recently refused to give him more of the drug.

Lehi police Sgt. Darren Paul said Friday that Art Henderson may have been attempting a death-by-cop and that the former police officer had been suicidal.

Natalie Henderson said her conversation with her husband during the incident indicated he was contemplating death-by-cop. She said she was stuck in the passenger door and Art Henderson came over with his rifle.

"Are you shotfi" she said he asked her. "I don't know," she said she told him.

"Then he said, 'Do me a favor, tell my mom and dad and family that I love them, tell my kids that I love them and tell them good-bye,'" she said. "He had every opportunity to have shot me at this time."

Art Henderson was fired from the Lehi police in 2004 after he was charged with misdemeanor simple assault.

Though convicted of the crime in Justice Court, he has appealed the verdict to the 4th District Court which is still pending. A pretrial conference in the case was rescheduled Monday for March 7 at 8:35 a.m.

Court records show that Art and Natalie Henderson were divorced in 1988.

They were high school sweethearts according to Natalie Henderson and first married 20 years ago. Paul said the couple remarried and then separated a second time in 2004. Natalie Henderson filed a protective order against Art Henderson in February of 2005.

Natalie and Art Henderson have five children together, ages 19 to 10.

"He's a very good father," Natalie Henderson said. "I couldn't have asked for a better father. He loved his kids."

Trimble was convicted of felony possession of a dangerous weapon in 2001 and found guilty of violating a protective order in 2000. In May of 2005 Trimble was incarcerated in the Utah County Jail on an Adult Probation and Parole hold.

Natalie Henderson said she and Trimble have been together for a year.

"Craig has sacrificed a lot," she said. "He's really helped out. He has no obligations. He has no children. He stepped in and helped pay the bills and raise the kids."

Lehi Police Chief Chad Smith, Art Henderson's former boss, said it was difficult to be present at Monday's bail hearing.

"I love Art" he said, but "my priority is the safety of my other officers and the people in the city."

Ragan said because Art Henderson was employed as a deputy at the Utah County Jail before becoming a Lehi police officer, he was transferred to the Salt Lake County Jail Friday for his own safety.

"I don't think he'll go to prison," Natalie Henderson said. "He'll never make it there."

Ragan called Friday's violence senseless and anticipated charges would be filed in the case by Henderson's felony first appearance scheduled for Feb. 6 at 8:30 a.m.

"Besides his ex-wife and her boyfriend, you've got a whole city in fear," Ragan said.

Michael Rigert can be contacted at 344-2548 or mrigert@heraldextra.com.

Reporter Cathy Allred contributed to this story.

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page D1.