A routine Saturday night store run at the Austin Peay Walmart turned into a crime scene after a handgun went off inside a parked car, sending a bullet into another shopper’s vehicle and leaving the gun’s owner with a wounded hand, according to Memphis police.
Officers say the man behind the trigger was 23-year-old Elijah Jones, who later showed up at Methodist North Hospital with a gunshot wound to his hand. A woman sitting inside her 2013 Audi A4 told police the rear passenger side of her car was struck by the round.
Police: how the shot was fired and what they found
Police were called a little after 7 p.m. to the Walmart in the 3900 block of Austin Peay Highway for reports of a shooting. In the parking lot, officers say they found a white Chevrolet with a man inside whose hand appeared to be injured.
Investigators report they recovered a Smith & Wesson handgun on the front passenger seat and found spent shell casings on the floorboard. The Chevrolet is registered to Jones, police say…