A shooting late Wednesday in Greeley blamedon a love triangle among two men and their female roommate might have beenprompted by the woman’s decision to begin dating one of her roommatesexclusively, court records show.

At 11:58 p.m. Wednesday, policeresponded to 2128 18th St. Road on a report of a shooting. StephenWilson-Brown, 37, called 911 to report he shot his roommate, Samuel Morgan, 28,in the foot with a 12-gauge shotgun, according to court records.

Once on scene, officers placedWilson-Brown into custody and drove him to the Greeley Police Department forquestioning. While at the station, Wilson-Brown told police he and hisroommates, Morgan and Gemelle Russell, began drinking about 6 p.m. and betweenthe three of them finished a 1.75 liter bottle of vodka.

Wilson-Brown told police he was involvedin a love triangle with his roommates and that he and Morgan had been arguing alot of late. He noted he called the police on Morgan on two recent occasions tohave him removed from their basement apartment. Morgan was not forced to leaveon either occasion, according to court records.

On Wednesday, Wilson-Brown and Morganwere arguing again, during which time Wilson-Brown professed his love forRussell. Wilson-Brown told police Morgan became aggressive, according to courtrecords. Wilson-Brown said he told Morgan several times to leave the apartment,but he refused.

That’s when Wilson-Brown went to hisbedroom and retrieved a Winchester 300 semi-automatic shotgun from under hisbed in hopes of scaring Morgan into leaving the house, according to courtrecords. When Morgan refused to leave, Wilson-Brown loaded one round ofbirdshot.

Wilson-Brown told police Morgan thenpushed him. Wilson-Brown pulled the trigger, shooting Morgan in the right foot.He immediately called 911, according to court records.

Police also interviewed Russell who toldpolice she recently made the decision to date Morgan exclusively, which shebelieved upset Wilson-Brown. But she couldn’t remember there being an argumentabout her the night of the shooting, saying she was doing laundry part of thenight. She told police she did remember hearing them yelling about Wilson-Brownrefusing to give Morgan a cigarette prior to the shooting, according to courtrecords.

Morgan was taken to North ColoradoMedical Center where he underwent immediate surgery for his wound. He was notfully cooperative with police following a post-surgery interview, according tocourt records, but said Wilson-Brown had previously pulled a shotgun on himduring an argument two days earlier, according to court records.

Wilson-Brown was booked about 4 a.m.Thursday into the Weld County Jail on suspicion of second-degree assaultcausing injury with a deadly weapon and menacing with a real or simulatedweapon, both felonies, and prohibited use of a firearm, a misdemeanor. He wasfreed Thursday afternoon on $25,000 bond.

The deadline for the filing of formalcharges by the Weld District Attorney’s Office is 3:30 p.m. Oct. 22.

– Joe Moylan covers crime and public safety for The Greeley Tribune.Reach him at jmoylan@greeleytribune.com, (970) 392-4467 or on Twitter@JoeMoylan.