A salty gunman will spend at least nine years in prison for shooting a stranger in the face after refusing to share potato 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 a non-fatal shooting on Nov. 28, 2023, according to the Summit County Prosecutor's Office. He was sentenced in 2018.
“Summit County is safer without Melvin Wright on the streets,” said Attorney Elliot Korkovich.
“There is no place for senseless violence in Akron, and we are grateful for the courageous recovery of the survivors of this crime.”
The deranged criminal approached the 31-year-old victim inside the Rusty Adventure strip club in Akron around 9 p.m. and demanded a tip.
According to prosecutors, the victim did not know the attacker, but refused.
The snacker then chased the victim to his car and shot him in the face.
Prosecutors said the victim drove himself to SumaHealth Akron City Hospital, where he received six days of treatment and survived the shooting.
Wright was arrested the next day after police spotted him boarding a Metro bus at the South Broadway Street Transit Center. According to the Akron Beacon Journal.
Police also seized the handgun found during Wright's arrest.
Wright pleaded guilty to attempted murder, possession of a weapon while disabled and unlawful possession of a firearm.
In addition to the prison sentence, Wright will be required to register as a violent offender annually for 10 years after his release.
