In Room 41, they found evidence that the 20-year-old Martin - who also uses the last name Trujillo - and Amber Bradshaw were involved in a series of burglaries and thefts, including an incident in which the gun used to shoot Heinle was stolen.
"We searched his place earlier in the day, but we were a little behind him," Missoula police Sgt. Jim Lemcke said Thursday. "We knew he was armed and dangerous and that's why we were looking for him."
By late afternoon Wednesday, officers were advised to look out for Martin, who police believed might be armed with a .380-caliber Colt pistol stolen from his grandfather.
Sadly, they were right.
Martin carried a stolen .380-caliber pistol as he allegedly tried to cash a stolen check at the Western Security Bank shortly before 6 p.m. A bank employee called police about Martin, and Officer Leila Haack, who was taking another prisoner to jail, saw him standing on the street corner near the bank.
Haack radioed in that she could take the call, but needed to drop off her prisoner first. Instead, Heinle left the station to track down Martin. Minutes later, Heinle lay bleeding on the asphalt parking lot next to the Salvation Army store on West Broadway. He had been shot in the neck.
On Thursday, the 35-year-old Heinle lay in critical condition at St. Patrick Hospital, his breathing controlled by a respirator, his wife Lisa at his side. The bullet had struck his left shoulder, passed through his neck, then lodged in the right shoulder. Even so, Heinle was alert and was responding to family and friends by nodding his head, police Detective Gregg Willoughby said.
Chief Pete Lawrenson said Heinle's spinal cord was badly damaged by the bullet, but that doctors had been unable to fully assess his condition because of trauma-related swelling.
"We just don't yet know what the prognosis is," Lawrenson said Thursday. "But Bob is in very serious trouble."
Martin, who lists a Polson address, has trouble, too, though as numerous angry officers pointed out Thursday, his are self-generated.
Deputy Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg charged Martin with six felonies and a misdemeanor in Justice Court Thursday afternoon. Martin appeared in an orange jumpsuit, his dark hair falling over his eyes, his hands bound in handcuffs and chains. His girlfriend, Bradshaw, cried as Justice of the Peace John Odlin read the charges to Martin, who is represented by public defenders Margaret Borg and Vicki Frazier.
Martin is charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest and six felonies:
n Attempted forgery, alleging that Martin tried to cash a stolen check in the name of Karen Emerson.
n Attempted deliberate homicide, for allegedly shooting Heinle.
n Escape, for running from Heinle after being ordered to stop.
n Theft, for taking Heinle's gun after the shooting.
n Aggravated burglary, for allegedly breaking into the Downtown Bakery while armed and trying to elude police after the shooting.
n Assault, for allegedly pointing two guns at Missoula County sheriff's Deputy Pat Turner after the deputy told him to put the guns down.
On Van Valkenburg's recommendation, Odlin set Martin's bail at $1 million.
Van Valkenburg's affidavit outlines the incident, from the motel-room search through the shooting and up to Martin's arrest. Here is that summation:
Early Wednesday, Jim Lemcke and Detective Annie Nordby were working a string of burglary-thefts possibly involving Martin and Bradshaw. After learning that Martin and Bradshaw had been staying at the Sleepy Inn, 1427 W. Broadway, the detectives found Bradshaw and got her consent to search the room.
The detectives were looking into several burglaries, but asked Bradshaw specifically about two stolen guns, including the .380. Bradshaw denied knowledge of the guns, but the detectives did find numerous items linking Bradshaw and Martin to sev
eral burglaries.
Some of those items - checks and an automated teller machine card - belonged to a theft victim, who banked at Western Security. Lemcke later alerted Western Security Bank that checks belonging to the victim had been stolen in a burglary.
The bank, in turn, notified Lemcke that a man later identified as James Gene Martin had cashed a check on Emerson's account for $600.
When Martin reappeared and tried to cash a second check at the walk-up window, police were called and just before 6 p.m., Heinle responded to the bank at 320 W. Broadway.
Bradshaw, acting as a lookout for Martin, saw Heinle arrive and yelled to Martin, who ran, first around the bank building, then across Broadway and into the parking lot of the Salvation Army Thrift Store. Heinle followed on foot.
At that point, Martin allegedly fired two shots from the .380. One of those shots hit Heinle in the shoulder and neck. Before running again, Martin picked up Heinle's gun, a .40-caliber Glock, which Heinle drew to defend himself.
Martin fled the parking lot and was seen jumping a fence near the back of the Downtown Bakery, 229 W. Main St., next to the Central Square office building.
Nordby and Missoula County sheriff's deputies Richard Eggett and Pat Turner entered the bakery's back door, which they found unlocked and slightly ajar.
When Turner pushed open the door and yelled, "sheriff's department,'' he saw Martin bolt out the front door.
The officers lost sight of Martin, but witnesses pointed first in the direction of a drive-up bank at West Main and Woody Street, then east down an alley toward Ryman Street between Broadway and Main Street.
About halfway down the alley, on the north side of the 200 block, Turner noticed a narrow opening between buildings that was blocked by plywood.
Turner bent over and looked through an opening about two feet off the ground and saw Martin.
Turner called for assistance and several times ordered Martin to drop his guns and show his hands. Instead, Martin, with a gun in each hand, raised the weapons toward Turner, who fired as he ducked for cover. Willoughby said Turner's shot went through Martin's clothing about waist-high, but did not strike him.
Martin then threw both guns down, showed his hands and climbed out of his hiding place.
The two guns and a stolen check made out to Martin were found at the arrest scene.
Martin was booked into jail, then interviewed by Lemcke and Detective Rich Ochsner. Court documents say that Martin admitted trying to pass the stolen check, running when he saw Heinle and eventually shooting him.
In another interview, the 18-year-old Bradshaw told police that she'd warned Martin that police were looking for them. In fact, Bradshaw had told Martin to turn himself in, a suggestion he refused.
Another friend of Martin's told police a similar story.
"(Peter) Sandberg advised that he had been told very recently by Martin that Martin knew that the cops were after him and that he was not going down and that he will shoot a cop," court records state.