Marty Roney

Montgomery Advertiser

PRATTVILLE — A Prattville man has pleaded guilty to lesser charges in the shooting of his then girlfriend.

James Brandon Jordan, 24, pleaded guilty to assault and domestic violence Monday morning before Circuit Judge Ben Fuller in Autauga County Circuit Court. He was originally indicted on a charge of attempted murder, courthouse records reflect.

The victim requested that the state offer a lesser charge, said Jessica Sanders, the assistant district attorney handling the case. Jordan’s recommended sentence is 20 years in prison, court records show. He is set for sentencing on Sept. 1. Jordan must also pay restitution in the amount of $607,194.45, with most of that amount coming from the medical bills of the victim.

In January 2015, Jordan shot the victim after they got into an argument in a home the couple shared on Simmons Road, he told Fuller. He appeared before the bench dressed in blaze orange jail garb and restrained by handcuffs. The victim and Jordan were both doing drugs at the time, he said. She attempted to leave the home during the argument, Jordan said.

“You took a gun and intentionally shot at her as she was leaving?” his attorney, Michael Kidd, asked.

“Yes,” Jordan answered.

She was shot in the hip. Statements brought out in previous court proceedings showed that she laid outside overnight before she was discovered. Investigators with the Prattville Police Department reported that she was shot at about 1 a.m. and was found about 7 a.m.

Jordan has remained in the Autauga Metro Jail under a bond of $60,000 since his arrest.