Man ordered to stand trial on charges of shooting fleeing intruder

Man ordered to stand trial on charges of shooting fleeing intruder

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SALT LAKE CITY — A man accused of shooting a stranger suspected of intruding in his mother-in-law's vacant home was ordered this week to stand trial on firearms charges.

Police say Glen Decker, 51, was bound over in a preliminary hearing on four counts of felony discharge of a firearm — one second-degree felony and three third-degree felonies.

Original charges against Decker were amended last month to change one count of aggravated assault, a third-degree felony, to second-degree felony discharge of a firearm.

After an earlier burglary, Decker was with his wife April 27 watching his mother-in-law's home, 1133 E. Harvard Ave., in case anyone else attempted to break in through the door that had not yet been repaired.

A man and woman — identified in court documents as Shane Kennedy and Paulette Gray — entered the house through a back door only to be met by Decker and his wife, each armed with a revolver, according to police. The couple ordered the suspected burglars to "'stop' or they would be shot," charges state.

Gray complied, but Kennedy moved back toward the door and Decker shot him once in the abdomen, charges state.

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According to court documents filed in Kennedy's case, a backpack he was carrying got caught on a tree as he ran and a silver dish belonging to Decker's mother-in-law fell out.

Decker then fired at Kennedy three more times after he reached his car and started to drive away, according to police. He drove himself to the hospital where he received treatment.

Kennedy was later charged with burglary, a third-degree felony; giving false personal information to a peace officer, a class A misdemeanor; theft, a class B misdemeanor; and unlawful possession of burglary tools, a class B misdemeanor.

Kennedy pleaded guilty in June to criminal trespass, reduced to a class A misdemeanor, while the other charges against him were dismissed. He was sentenced to 90 days behind bars, which he chose to serve in Utah State Prison.

A second-degree felony charge of burglary was filed against Gray but was later dismissed.

Arraignment for Decker is scheduled for Aug. 12.

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