MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Police say a man who jumped out of his ex-girlfriend’s closet with an AR-style rifle while she was sleeping was shot during a struggle over the weapon.
Corwyn Winfield was not seriously hurt but was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, eight counts of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, aggravated child abuse, aggravated burglary, domestic assault, and employment of a firearm with the intent to commit a felony.
The shooting happened Saturday night at a home in the 3200 block of Knightsbridge Circle in Hickory Hill.
Winfield’s former girlfriend said she was asleep in her bed with her current boyfriend and her five-year-old child when they were awakened by the sound of Winfield emerging from the bedroom closet.
She said Winfield pointed the rifle at them, threatened to kill them, and told them not to move.
According to the affidavit of complaint, the boyfriend attempted to leave when Winfield stopped him at the bedroom door. The boyfriend said he and Winfield struggled over the gun, and during the fight, the weapon was discharged several times.
Police said Winfield was shot in the arm, and another bullet went through a wall where several juveniles were sleeping.
Officers recovered three spent shell casings, one live round, in the ex-girlfriend’s bedroom, and one projectile in the bedroom of the apartment next door.
The victims said Winfield grabbed the gun from the floor and left the residence. Police said Winfield was transported by a private vehicle to St. Francis Hospital, where he was treated for a gunshot wound.
Police said Winfield’s three children, all under the age of six, were inside the Knightsbridge home at the time of the shooting.
Winfield is being held on a $400,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.