A Gary man is accused of shooting a woman in the leg.
Devonte Jovan Green is charged with attempted murder, a level 1 felony, and unlawful carrying of a handgun with a prior felony conviction, a level 5 felony.
On April 30, Gary officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Vermillion Place in reference to a shooting, the probable cause statement said. Officers spoke with a woman who said she had been shot in the left leg by her friend’s ex-boyfriend. She said Green told her to “get out of his face before I shoot you.” She was running away when he shot her, the documents state.
She was transported to Methodist Hospitals Northlake by Gary medics. While officers were on scene, they overheard a phone conversation between the victim’s friend and Green, who told the friend, “I’m not coming to get (expletive), you know what the (expletive) just happened” and “why she thinks it is.” cool to talk me out of it?”, court records state.
The girlfriend told police she was leaving the apartment building when she saw Green shoot the victim, the affidavit said. Police found three spent shell casings – two on the sidewalk and one in a nearby parking lot – as well as a red stain on the ground.
The victim told police during an interview that she accompanied her friend to the apartment in the 500 block of Vermillion Place so she could pick up some items, records state. The friend had problems with Green, who asked the victim, “Why are you here?” The victim replied: “I can be wherever I want to be. It is a free world,” the court records said.
Green reportedly began cursing and yelling at the victim. He asked about the girlfriend, who hid behind a tree because she was afraid of Green, the affidavit said. The victim told police that Green threatened the girlfriend’s life and later her own life, saying, “She’s going to walk around and get you killed because you’re in my business!”
The victim told Green that nothing would happen to her and that Green would not harm her when Green pulled out a black semiautomatic handgun and pointed it at her, records state.
Green, who was standing five feet away from the victim, challenged her by saying “now talk about that tough stuff” and shot her in the leg. The victim said the second shot hit her AirPods in her jacket pocket, court records show. A third shot missed, after which Green ran away.
