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SOUTH JORDAN — A West Jordan man accused of firing more than a dozen shots into a group of people at a party, killing a former Jordan High School football player, was charged Friday with murder.
In addition to murder, a first-degree felony, Anthony Dominic Rendon, 18, is also charged in 3rd District Court with a dozen counts of discharge of a firearm, a third-degree felony.
Rendon is accused of fatally shooting Kelly Glaubensklee, 19, during a confrontation between two groups outside a house at 1472 W. 11400 South, where a party had been held.
Rendon was at the party with three others, including a 17-year-old boy who got into a fight while at the house, according to charging documents. After the fight, the 17-year-old, Rendon and the two others got into a car and drove away.
But just a few minutes later, the group returned.
"They got out of the car and another fight broke out," the charges state.
After that second fight, Rendon, the teen and a third person got back into the car and started to drive away again when other people "began to attack and kick the car," according to the charges. The teen drove a short distance and stopped to pick up their fourth friend. As that man got into the car, police say Rendon started shooting from the rear driver's side seat.
Rendon fired 13 round in just a few seconds, aiming in the direction of several bystanders, the charges allege. Glaubensklee, who police say had been involved in the initial fight with the teen driver, was hit and died at the scene. During the original incident, police said a girl was also punched. At least one person on social media claims Glaubensklee was trying to protect the girl.
The 17-year-old, whose name has not been released, was arrested the next day.
Later that night, South Jordan police contacted Rendon's father looking for his son. Rendon's father then went to his son's room "to ask him what happened in South Jordan and why the police were calling him. He stated that Rendon came to the kitchen where he set a gun down on the island," according to the charges.
Police later confirmed that all 13 shell casings recovered from the scene were fired from the gun Rendon turned over, the charges say.
Detectives were able to collect cellphone videos from witnesses at the party who recorded "much of the event" as well as surveillance video from a nearby business.
