Sentencing for Utah man who pleaded guilty to shooting wife's dad at church
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Sentencing is scheduled Thursday for a Utah man accused of shooting his wife's father during a Father's Day Mass in Ogden.
The 36-year-old Charles Richard Jennings Jr. took a plea deal in November, pleading guilty and mentally ill to charges of attempted murder and aggravated burglary. He also accepted a firearms violation.
A sentencing hearing last month was delayed so the judge could get more information from the state mental hospital about where Jennings should serve his time.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jennings' attorney has said that Jennings was having a psychotic episode the day of the shooting at the Catholic church.
The victim, 66-year-old James Evans, is back at work doing well physically. But the Rev. Erik Richtsteig says Evans and the rest of the congregation remain scarred by the incident.