A Greensboro man faces three counts of reckless endangerment after he allegedly fired multiple shots from a semi-automatic pistol into a crowded parking lot outside Club 14 in Sawyerville in the early morning hours of March 15. Jalen Deon Williams, 26, of 1109 Ward Street, Greensboro, was arrested March 19 and is being held in the Hale County Jail on $6,000 bond per count ($18,000 total), according to court records filed in Hale County District Court.
According to the sworn complaint filed by Hale County Deputy Jack D. Nelson, Williams was in the parking lot of Club 14 at approximately 2:00 a.m. on March 15 when his girlfriend, Shania Ward, got into an altercation with a male patron. Security camera footage from the club shows Williams appearing minutes later holding what appeared to be a Draco semi-automatic pistol, the complaint states. Williams then fired several shots from the weapon toward other people in the parking lot, according to the complaint. People were standing behind him, on each side of him, and in front of him at the time of the shooting, the deputy stated.
One person in the parking lot was shot, though the complaint states it is unknown at this time who fired the round that struck the victim. Nelson interviewed Williams the following day, March 16, and Williams admitted to being at the club, according to the complaint. Williams told the deputy he owns a Draco 7.62 and a .38 revolver and that he had both firearms with him in his car that night, but denied taking the guns out or firing them.
The deputy received the club’s security camera footage on Tuesday, March 17, which he said clearly showed Williams firing a Draco pistol multiple times. Deputies recovered 15 spent 7.62 shell casings on the ground in front of the club in the same area where Williams was seen shooting on the video, according to the complaint. The complaint further states that the weapon Williams was firing appeared to be fully automatic. Possession of an unregistered fully automatic firearm is a federal offense under the National Firearms Act.
