'If you want her, you can have her': Man shot romantic rival after both realized they were dating same woman, police say

A 22-year-old antheral successful Florida is accused of shooting a antheral aggregate times aft uncovering retired that the pistillate helium had been dating for astir a twelvemonth was besides dating the victim.

Jailen Tyree Lewis was taken into custody this week and charged with 1 number each of first-degree attempted murder, aggravated battery, and discharging a limb successful public, tribunal documents show.

According to a probable origin affidavit, deputies with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office astatine astir 2:42 a.m. connected Wednesday responded to a telephone regarding a shooting successful the Hypolexo West subdivision, which is astir 75 miles northbound of Miami. Upon arriving astatine the scene, archetypal responders located an big antheral unfortunate suffering from "several gunshot wounds to his little extremities." Medics treated him connected the country earlier transporting him to the Delray Medical Center for further care.

Hospital unit told investigators the unfortunate had sustained a gunshot coiled to his near tibia oregon fibula, a slug to his close ankle, and shrapnel that lacerated his knee.

At the hospital, the unfortunate provided a sworn relationship of what took spot anterior to the shooting.

The unfortunate said helium went to prime up his girlfriend, who helium had been dating "off and on" for astir six years, from the McDonald's wherever she worked, but recovered she was not there. The woman informed him via substance that she had already near the restaurant, truthful helium drove to her home.

When helium arrived astatine the residence, the unfortunate saw a grey SUV parked successful beforehand of the house. His woman was successful the rider spot speaking to the driver. The unfortunate approached the rider window, but his woman "[waved] him disconnected — telling him to 'go' respective times." He past went successful the location to hold for her.

The SUV soon drove distant lone to instrumentality a abbreviated portion later. The unfortunate went extracurricular and began walking toward his car erstwhile helium was "confronted by a Black antheral who was chartless to him," the affidavit states.

"The chartless Black antheral was shouting obscenities astatine [the victim]," the papers says. "Questioning what [the victim] was doing with his girlfriend. The chartless [B]lack antheral wanted to cognize wherefore [the victim] was astatine the house. [The victim] began to recognize what was occurring, and that [his girlfriend] was dating him and this chartless [B]lack antheral astatine the aforesaid time. [The victim] was unaware of this fact, until this infinitesimal arose."

The chartless operator of the SUV, who was aboriginal identified arsenic Lewis, allegedly pulled retired a handgun and fired respective times astatine the victim, hitting him doubly earlier fleeing the scene.

Police said that akin to the victim, Lewis was not alert that the pistillate helium called his woman was besides dating different man.

The woman told constabulary that some men were aggravated erstwhile they met for the archetypal time, but she confirmed that they lone exchanged words and did not person "any carnal contact" earlier Lewis began firing. She said the victim's past words to Lewis arsenic helium walked to his car were, "If you privation her, you tin person her."

Authorities located Lewis wrong a Nissan Rogue astir 12:15 p.m., the affidavit says. The information of the papers detailing Lewis' interrogation is heavy redacted, but does accidental helium "admitted" to thing and that constabulary had not been capable to find the firearm.

Lewis is presently being held successful Palm Beach County Jail, records show. He was denied enslaved due to the fact that helium is awaiting proceedings adjacent period connected allegations that successful December 2024, helium was driving recklessly erstwhile helium astir struck a pedestrian earlier crashing into 2 constabulary cars.