A salty gunman will spend at least nine years behind bars for shooting a stranger in the face after he refused to share his potato chips at an Ohio strip club.
Melvin Wright, Jr., 43, was sentenced Monday to nine to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder and other related charges for the Nov. 28, 2023, non-fatal shooting, according to the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office.
“Summit County is safer without Melvin Wright on our streets,” Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich said.
“Senseless violence has no place in Akron, and I am grateful that the survivor of this crime is continuing his courageous recovery.”
The crazed perp approached the 31-year-old victim inside Lusty Adventure, a strip club in Akron, around 9 p.m. and asked him for some of his chips.
The victim, who was not known to the gunman, declined, prosecutors said.
The snack-loving maniac then followed the victim to his car and shot him in the face.
The victim drove himself to Summa Health Akron City Hospital and survived the shooting following six days of treatment, prosecutors said.
Wright was busted the next day when officers spotted him boarding a Metro bus at the Transit Center on South Broadway Street, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.
Police also seized a handgun that was found on Wright during the arrest.
Wright pleaded guilty to attempted murder, having weapons while under disability, and illegal possession of a firearm.
In addition to his prison sentence, Wright is required to register as a violent offender every year for 10 years following his release.
