Cory J. Snow, 52, Indianapolis
HANCOCK COUNTY — An Indianapolis man who was taken into custody over the Thanksgiving weekend for firing a gun into a home had his initial appearance in Hancock County Circuit Court this week.
Cory J. Snow, 52, 3600 block of N. Irvington Ave. has been charged with a Level 5 felony count of criminal recklessness where the defendant shoots a firearm into a building, a Class A misdemeanor count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a domestic batterer and a Class B misdemeanor count of possession of marijuana stemming from the shooting incident Nov. 25.
While Snow was originally identified by officials from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department in a press release as someone possibly facing a preliminary charge of attempted murder, there wasn’t enough evidence for the charge to be filed, prosecutor Brent Eaton said.
During the initial hearing, Judge Scott Sirk set a $5,000 cash bond and a pretrial hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 9.
According to a probable cause affidavit, officials from the HCSD were called to the 1700 block of North Creekwater Pass, Greenfield, near Mt. Comfort Road and I-70 at approximately 4:09 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25 with reports of a shot fired.
The report stated the emergency call said a man had fired a gun into the front door of the residence and then left on foot. Officials were able to locate a male, later identified as Snow, wearing a white shirt and sweatpants to the south of the residence. The male was approximately 1/4 mile from the residence where the gun had been fired. He was detained without incident, officials noted.
Following the shooting, when officials searched the home, they found no one at the residence, they said in the report. Law enforcement was eventually able to speak with the woman who lived at the home, and she informed them Snow was her boyfriend.
The woman noted there was a disagreement with her grandchild about him using her vehicle and that Snow got into a disagreement with the grandchild over the way he was talking to his grandmother.
According to the report, the woman’s daughter and her boyfriend then arrived and there was another disagreement between that male and Snow. The woman said the daughter and the man opted to leave when Snow produced a gun and a shot was fired.
The man who was leaving the residence told officials he didn’t see a gun but did hear a shot fired.
According to the affidavit, the woman who lived at the home told officials her daughter and the man she was with were at the front door of the home when she saw Snow produce a handgun. The woman who lived at the house then grabbed the shirt of the man leaving and told Snow “don’t shoot.” The woman stated Snow fired one round in the direction of the two people who were exiting through the front entry door of the home.
The affidavit noted there were several juveniles in the residence when the gun was fired. Officials did a search of the area and found a gun and a bag of marijuana. Snow told officials there was a disturbance at the home that resulted because the grandchildren were being disrespectful of the woman who lived at the house, his girlfriend. The affidavit said Snow admitted the gun belonged to him and that he fired what he called a “warning shot” to get people out of the house.
The bullet, the affidavit said, was found across the street where officials noted fresh damage to the wooden door jamb on the front door. The wood had a circular hole in it, and officials could see the remnants of a bullet inside the wood.
