- A wedding celebration turned into chaos with the groom in jail and another shooting
- The incident occurred when the girlfriend left with another man’s wife.
- That sparked a drunken argument between the men in which a gun was discharged.
A wedding in Indiana descended into chaos that saw the groom and another man in jail, while a third man ended his night in the hospital with a gunshot wound to his hand.
The groom, Corey Parker, was arrested on May 18 in front of Cornerstone Hall in Salem, Indiana, shortly after celebrating their nuptials.
But the party saw police arrive at the reception after a guest called 911 to report how Parker had shot her boyfriend following a confrontation and fight with another man, Jonathon Goff.
Parker told police how the drama began after his girlfriend, Bethany Parker, left the wedding venue to return to the Cobblestone Hotel with Goff’s wife, Nicole.
The groom, Corey Lee Parker, pictured, ended up in jail after their wedding reception after fighting with another man and shooting a third in the hand.
Jonathon Goff was seen fighting in the parking lot of the venue with Parker when a gun was fired.
Parker explained how Goff had argued with his own wife after being accused of flirting with the wife of shooting victim Patrick McIntosh.
Just as Parker was about to leave, he and Goff began fighting each other in the parking lot.
Parker was in his car when Goff aggressively approached him. Parker claimed that he thought Goff was trying to grab his gun from the car’s center console.
It was during the fight while both men had their hands on the gun when it suddenly went off, shooting McIntosh in the hand. He was not seriously injured.
Parker said he didn’t know where McIntosh had appeared from, but assumed he was trying to intervene in the fight over the gun.
Banquet and wedding venue at Cornerstone Hall in Salem, Indiana, where the fight took place
The wedding reception was held at Cornerstone Hall wedding and banquet venue in Salem, Indiana.
The fight allegedly began after Goff’s wife and Parker’s girlfriend returned to the Cobblestone Hotel & Suites in Salem, Indiana, after Goff flirted with another man’s wife.
Parker said he didn’t pull the trigger, but that he had taken the gun because Goff was beating him up.
“In the midst of all the commotion, the gun went off,” Parker said.
McIntosh’s girlfriend was the one who called 911 and explained to Indiana State Police that she believed it was a drunken mishap and that she and everyone else were drunk.
Parker has continued to maintain that the shooting was accidental and faces charges of punching Goff in the face and reckless shooting.
Both men were arrested and taken to the Washington County Jail.
Parker now faces charges of assault and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon. Marriage license records reveal that Parker and his wife have been legally married as of 2022.
Parker pleaded not guilty in court and was released on $3,000 cash bail.
Goff was also arrested on the same charges of assault and criminal recklessness. He also pleaded not guilty and received $3,000 cash bail.
Both men had visible injuries and witnesses claimed they had been fighting.
The couple will go to trial in September, but are due back in court next month.