Man gets 44 years for shooting wife at Sam's Club

The defendant who shot his estranged wife outside a Sam’s Club on Antioch Pike in January 2014, culminating several instances of domestic abuse, according to testimony, was effectively sentenced to a combined 44 years in prison Wednesday.

Johnny Malcom Vinson, 64, was convicted in September of attempted second-degree murder, two aggravated assault charges and employment of a weapon while committing a felony.

Vinson shot Angel Pack in the upper torso and hand outside the store after an argument in the parking lot. He also pointed the weapon at an employee who tried to intervene.

Testimony revealed Vinson re-parked his vehicle multiple times when he discovered Pack in the Sam’s Club parking lot and allegedly stated he was going to shoot Pack, as well as himself. Vinson fled and was apprehended the next morning. Pack is missing part of her finger from the shooting, according to testimony.

Vinson was also convicted of aggravated assault in April for using a taser in a separate incident involving Pack in December 2013.

Pack, who attended the sentencing hearing, said the shooting has left her edgy, made it hard to sleep and with a feeling that Vinson is standing over her, according to her impact statement read by Assistant District Attorney Jan Norman.

The only payment she requested from the court was not to have to worry about what might happen if Vinson was ever released from jail.

Vinson took the stand with an oxygen apparatus and pleaded for mercy. He suggested a five-year sentence with a chance for parole after serving 85 percent, with supervised probation afterward.

Criminal Court Judge Mark Fishburn stated the court found Vinson had been stalking his now ex-wife. The judge also expressed concern Vinson had minimized his role in wrongdoings.

Fishburn issued sentences on the two cases after jury trials. They were:

Vinson was sentenced to 24 years on the attempted second-degree murder charge, 10 years on both aggravated assault charges and 10 years on the employment of a weapon in commission of a dangerous felony from January 2014.

The weapon conviction runs consecutive to the attempted homicide sentence under the crooks with guns law for a total of 34 years.

By law, the 34-year sentence is consecutive to the 10-year sentence on the 2013 aggravated assault case because Vinson was out on bail on that case at the time of the shooting, which pushes the total sentence imposed to 44 years.

The 2013 aggravated assault conviction mandates an automatic suspended sentence since Vinson was out on bail on that charge when the Sam's Club shooting occurred.

Vinson had a previous criminal record that included a 2011 reckless aggravated assault when he ran his vehicle into Pack’s.

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