LEHI — A Lehi man who police say shot up the home he shared with his girlfriend after being told to stay home from a family dinner is now facing criminal charges.
Carlos Eduardo Rodriguez-Villasenor, 35, was charged Friday in 4th District Court with six counts of felony discharge of a firearm, a third-degree felony; causing property damage, a class A misdemeanor; plus making a threat of violence and three counts of domestic violence in the presence of children, class B misdemeanors.
On April 12, Rodriguez-Villasenor's girlfriend "told him not to come to dinner with her and their children because he smelled of cigarettes and alcohol," according to charging documents.
Rodriguez-Villasenor got out of the car and the woman drove off. But not long after, she received a message from him on Snapchat "in which he threatened to kill her," the charges state. "Rodriguez-Villasenor, who was still at their Lehi home, then obtained an AR-15 rifle and shot it six times in (the girlfriend's) adult daughter's bedroom."
No one was injured, but prosecutors say other family members were in the home at the time on the other side of the walls he shot into.
"This act caused damage to the property, including holes in the walls, concrete, corrugated steel from the window well, and a window, as well as damage to some of the complainant's belongings, including a mirror, television, and dresser," a police booking affidavit says.
Rodriguez-Villasenor surrendered to police the next day.
