Man upset with roommate for not paying rent grabs Taurus 9 mm from coffee table and shoots him 6 times: Police

A antheral successful Tennessee is accused of firing astatine slightest six bullets into his roommate aft the brace began arguing astir the alleged unfortunate not paying his rent.

Lorenzo Miller, 22, stands charged with attempted first-degree murder, employing a firearm with intent to perpetrate a felony, tampering with oregon fabricating evidence, and particularly aggravated kidnapping. The charges hint backmost to an alleged incidental that occurred connected Friday.

On that day, Miller was astatine his flat connected the 2100 artifact of Parkhurst Court successful Memphis, Tennessee, according to an affidavit of ailment reviewed by Law&Crime. Also contiguous were Miller's woman and his roommate.

At immoderate point, Miller and his roommate got into an statement astir the roommate "not paying his information of the rent," the woman said. As they argued, Miller allegedly went into the roommate's chamber and retrieved the different man's achromatic Taurus handgun.

"Miller grabbed a weapon that was connected a adjacent java table," the tribunal papers states.

Armed, Miller "blocked the doorway and refused to let [his roommate] to permission arsenic they continued to reason implicit rent money," per the affidavit. The roommate "punched Miller successful the look arsenic Miller pointed the weapon astatine him."

According to authorities, "Miller changeable [the roommate] successful the tummy and doubly successful the shoulder," and arsenic the roommate continued to fight, "Miller changeable him erstwhile successful the leg." The roommate "fell to the floor," and Miller reportedly "stood implicit him and changeable him astatine slightest 2 much times."

Officers with the Memphis Police Department responded to the flat and recovered the shooting victim. He "appeared to person been changeable astatine slightest six times" and was rushed to a adjacent infirmary successful captious condition, they said.

Miller was besides inactive astatine the country "in the breezeway of the flat building," authorities added. He was arrested.

Investigating officers recovered a achromatic Taurus 9 mm handgun extracurricular the flat "near the obstruction line," according to the affidavit. Police accidental they interviewed Miller's woman and she identified her fellow "as the idiosyncratic liable for shooting the victim."

Investigators besides interviewed Miller, and helium allegedly "confessed to shooting [the victim] aft being assaulted by him."

The pursuing day, the shooting unfortunate picked retired Miller "in a six-person photograph line-up arsenic his roommate and the idiosyncratic liable for shooting him," the tribunal papers adds.

The suspect was owed to look successful tribunal connected Tuesday.