A salty gunman will spend at least nine years behind bars for shooting a stranger in the face after refusing to share his chips at an Ohio strip club.
Melvin Wright, Jr., 43, was sentenced Monday to nine to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder and other related charges for the Nov. 28, 2023, nonfatal shooting, according to the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office.
“Summit County is safer without Melvin Wright on our streets,” said District Attorney Elliot Kolkovich.
“Mindless violence has no place in Akron, and I am grateful that the survivor of this crime continues his courageous recovery.”
The crazed perpetrator approached the 31-year-old victim at Lusty Adventure, a strip club in Akron, around 9 p.m. and asked him for some of his chips.
The victim, who was not known to the shooter, refused, prosecutors said.
The snack-loving maniac then followed the victim to his car and shot him in the face.
The victim drove himself to Summa Health Akron City Hospital and survived the shooting after six days of treatment, prosecutors said.
Wright was arrested the next day when officers saw him boarding a Metro bus at the Transit Center on South Broadway Street. according to the Akron Beacon Journal.
Police also seized a handgun found on Wright during the arrest.
Wright pleaded guilty to attempted murder, having weapons while under disability, and illegal possession of a firearm.
In addition to his prison sentence, Wright must register as a violent offender every year for 10 years after his release.
