PENSACOLA — Circuit Judge Thomas Dannheisser has sentenced Terrill Lamar Jenkins to 30 years in state prison, State Attorney Bill Eddins announced.
An Escambia County jury convicted Jenkins on May 4 of aggravated assault by discharge of a firearm, burglary of a dwelling with an assault and battery, assault, and petit theft. The first 20 years of the prison sentence are to be served as a mandatory minimum sentence.
On April 26, 2015, Terrill Jenkins initiated an argument with his ex-girlfriend; he confronted her at her house, where he stole her phone and took a swing at her with an object wrapped in a black T-shirt, according to Eddins’ media release. The victim fled by car to her mother's house, whereupon Jenkins followed. He chased her inside her mother's house and assaulted and battered her in the presence of her family members.
When she escaped his grasp, she ran outside and began backing her vehicle away in an attempt to escape, and Jenkins ran out into the yard, where he shot at her four times with a .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun. All four bullets struck the vehicle, with one bullet passing within feet of the victim's head. She was uninjured.
Immediately after firing the shots, Jenkins struck himself with the gun in the head, knocking himself out. He fled the scene after he regained consciousness.
The Pensacola Police Department investigated the shooting and arrested Jenkins. The Escambia County Sheriff's Office investigated the incident at the victim's home. Assistant State Attorney Matt Gordon prosecuted the case.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Terrill Jenkins sentenced for shooting, battery, and burglary