SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 18, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — Salt Lake City police have arrested a 58-year-old man accused of shooting and injuring his wife early Friday on the city’s near west side.
The incident was first reported about 12:25 a.m. when SLC 911 operators “received a call of a possible shooting” near 600 West and South Temple, according to a statement by SLCPD.
When first responders arrived, bystanders provided a description of car that police say they encountered driving recklessly a short while later near 400 South and 900 West.
Police followed it to the vicinity of 3400 S. State St., where officers found a woman in the back seat of the car with a gunshot wound, the SLCPD PR Unit statement said. Her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
Police say Charles Coprich used cellphone tracking software to locate his wife and found her near 600 West and South Temple, where he shot at another person.
Coprich and his wife drove away before officers arrived, and at some point he shot the woman, police said.
Coprich was later arrested without incident for investigation of domestic violence aggravated assault, aggravated assault and felony discharge of a firearm.
Gephardt Daily will update the story as details become available.
