Attempted murder trial starts Tues.

The trial of a Green River man accused of trying to kill his wife will start next week.

Bradley Setzer, 40, has been held at the Sweetwater County Detention Center since his arrest Aug. 25, 2019. He was charged with first-degree attempted murder, a felony that carries a possible sentence of up to life in prison without the possibility of parole, along with up to a $10,000 fine.

He was also charged with interference with a peace officer, which is punishable by up to one year in jail and up to a $1,000 fine. He has been held on a $900,000 cash or surety bond.

Jury selection will take place Thursday, while the trial is set to begin Tuesday at 9 a.m., before Third Judicial District Court Judge Richard Lavery.

Setzer was charged after he allegedly attempted to shoot his wife through the front door of their Green River home. Witnesses heard a gunshot near the Setzer home and when they looked outside, saw Setzer’s wife and mother-in-law running away from the residence.

The two were allowed into the witnesses’ home and called 911. After being taken to Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, Setzer’s wife claimed to have returned to their home to pick up her son’s backpack after an earlier incident where the couple got into a shoving argument, saying Setzer was drinking at the time. She claims when she arrived, the front door was deadbolted and the security keypad was not working, saying the door handle was locked as well.

When she knocked on the door, she said Setzer told her to go away and asked why she came back and after telling him about the backpack, hung a green hoodie over the door’s window. She said she heard him go up stairs and return to the door, then noticed a gun pointed at her face through the door’s decorative window.

She moved her face to the left just before the gun fired. She turned and ran back to the vehicle her mother was in, with glass shards injuring her face.

Green River Police Department officers later located Setzer as other officers and detectives were investigating the house.

The truck he drove was pulled over near the intersection of West Teton Boulevard and Upland Way.

According to court documents, Setzer initially complied with the officer’s instructions to show his hands outside of the vehicle, but later is alleged to have resisted arrest by failing to comply with commands to lay on the ground.

The GRPD claim he sat himself in the truck and folded his arms in a way that officers would not be able to gain control of his body. Four officers were able to remove him from the vehicle and place him on the ground, where he was arrested.

During a search of his house, investigators located a gun safe with 11 different firearms inside.

Setzer, as part of a previous plea agreement to a previous domestic violence incident, was ordered not to have possession of firearms or consume alcohol.