Alabama man charged with assault after shooting ex-girlfriend in buttocks

An Alabama man has been charged with assault after shooting his ex-girlfriend in the buttocks.

On Aug. 19, St. Paul police responded to the 400 block of Minnehaha Avenue East on multiple reports of a shooting. Upon arriving at the scene, they found a vehicle with damage from several gunshots and spent 9mm casings on the ground nearby, according to a criminal complaint. They soon learned that a 23-year-old woman had been taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound before officers arrived.

At the hospital, police spoke with the victim who told them that Fredrick Dewayne Davis, 30, had shot her, the complaint says.

Davis, also known as "Alabama," had come up to a porch where she and her neighbors were drinking and began to shoot at one of the men, the victim said. She tried to stop him when he pointed the gun her way and shot at her multiple times while she ran, the complaint states. Davis took off in a vehicle.

The male target was initially "furious" and "belligerent" with officers at the scene, claiming nothing had happened but relented and identified Davis as the shooter, according to the complaint. The male victim, who was not injured, told police Davis thought he had stolen drugs and shot at him while he was in his car.

A witness reported that the female victim had tried to run and yelled "don’t shoot," but Davis fired at close range and she fell to the ground, the complaint states. The witness knew Davis as the victim’s ex-boyfriend but said he’d been gone for several weeks.

The female victim had a gunshot wound from a bullet that entered her left buttocks and exited through her right leg. She spent a few days in the hospital and was treated for a fractured pelvic bone and had her bladder surgically repaired, according to the complaint.

After surgery, the victim confirmed to police that Davis had been gone for weeks and that they had lived together for a short while but she asked him to move out in August. She showed officers text messages to Davis expressing her "anger" and "disbelief" to Davis that he’d shot her, the complaint says. In their texts, Davis denied pulling the trigger and "complained" that she was naming him, telling her his lawyer said, "it’s not a good look."

Davis was charged with one count of felony second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon with substantial bodily harm and a second count of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon via warrant Tuesday.

His bail is set at $250,000 and he is not in custody.