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SALT LAKE CITY — A man who allegedly fired several rounds at his son-in-law in February, stating he wished he had killed him, is now facing several felony charges.
Corey Reid Kendrick, 64, of Bluffdale, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with five counts of discharge of a firearm, two second-degree felonies and three third-degree felonies; and two counts of domestic violence in the presence of a child, a third-degree felony.
On Feb. 18, a man confronted his wife — who is Kendrick’s daughter — at Kendrick’s house because of a dispute over finances, according to charging documents. Kendrick’s attorney, Clayton Simms, said his daughter was living with him at the time of the incident.
Simms maintained Kendrick is innocent and that he shot at his son-in-law in self-defense.
Simms said Kendrick’s son-in-law had gone to Kendrick’s home and violated a no-trespassing order, attempting to open the front door and garage, and trying to cover the home’s Ring doorbell camera. Kendrick told his son-in-law to “go away” and that he was “not welcomed here,” the attorney said, saying the son-in-law rushed in, pushed and assaulted Kendrick, and grabbed his wife’s purse.
“He simply just protected his home, his family and himself,” Simms said.
The charges allege Kendrick pointed a gun at his son-in-law while telling him, “I am going to kill you and you need to leave this house.”
After briefly struggling over the gun, the man ran out of the house just as Kendrick began shooting, according to the charges.
(The son-in-law) made it to his car and began ducking while the defendant shot at him through the car’s windows.
–Charges
Simms said Kendrick began shooting because he felt his son-in-law was still a threat.
“(The son-in-law) made it to his car and began ducking while the defendant shot at him through the car’s windows,” the charges state. “Officers discovered multiple bullet holes in (the son-in-law’s) vehicle and broken windows. (Police) found that some of the bullets traveled through the passenger side window into the driver’s seat.”
The son-in-law suffered minor injuries from shattered glass hitting his thighs, according to the charges. Police found four bullet casings on Kendrick’s lawn, approximately 6 to 8 feet from where the son-in-law was sitting in his car, according to the charges. Two shots were fired through the windshield and two through a front side window.
“The defendant stated that he wished he would have killed him,” the charges state.
Simms declined to comment about Kendrick’s alleged comment.
“We have a response to that, but I don’t want to comment on it at this point,” Simms said.
Simms noted there were others in the house who called 911 before the shooting took place because they were fearful the son-in-law was going to injure somebody.
Surveillance video from the resident’s Ring doorbell camera recorded the sound of five shots being fired, followed by Kendrick’s wife and daughter telling him to stop, according to charging documents.
The son-in-law filed for divorce from his wife three days later, on Feb. 21, the same day both he and his estranged wife filed for protective orders against each other, according to court records. The son-in-law also filed for a protective order against Kendrick.
