A Kearns man who police say shot at his spouse as she was holding their 1-year-old daughter is now going through a number of legal prices. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
A Kearns man who police say fired a shot at his spouse whereas she was holding their 1-year-old little one — narrowly lacking them each — is now going through a number of legal prices.
Jorge M. Osorio Martinez, 32, was charged Monday in third District Court docket with aggravated assault, discharge of a firearm, and two counts of home violence within the presence of a kid, third-degree felonies; reckless endangerment, a category A misdemeanor; and illegal discharge of a firearm, a category B misdemeanor.
Police say Martinez acquired right into a heated argument together with his spouse about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday.
"In the course of the argument, Osorio Martinez pointed a handgun in her path, instructed her he was going to kill her, then fired a single spherical … narrowly lacking her," charging paperwork state.
The spouse mentioned "she was sitting a number of ft away from the arrestee when he instructed her he was going to kill her and shot a single shot towards her path just some ft away from her" whereas she was holding their 1-year-old daughter, a police reserving affidavit provides.
Police say the shot went by the kitchen, rest room and bed room partitions.
Martinez then went downstairs the place a tenant was residing in a basement house and confronted him. The tenant and his roommate wrestled Martinez to take the gun away from him. A second shot was fired within the course of, police mentioned. Nobody was injured.
Martinez then returned to the upstairs space and punched his spouse within the head and kicked her a number of instances, in line with the fees.
Police had been known as to the residence, however the spouse had fled by that time and Martinez instructed officers nothing had occurred. However about 30 to 40 minutes later, the spouse — who was strolling — arrived on the Unified police Kearns substation to report what had occurred.
"A lethality evaluation was performed with the sufferer the place she scored excessive threat, noting that the defendant has used a weapon towards her, threatened to kill her and he or she believes he'll kill her. The defendant exhibited an entire disregard for the protection of his household," prosecutors wrote in charging paperwork whereas requesting that he be held within the Salt Lake County Jail with out the opportunity of posting bail pending trial.