Eagan Man Faces Multiple Charges In Inver Grove Heights Shooting

EAGAN, MN — An Eagan man faces multiple charges, including attempted murder, in connection to a shooting at Inver Grove Heights, according to a criminal complaint filed in Dakota County District Court.

James Wilson, 32, was charged with one count of second degree attempted murder and one count of first degree assault. He is booked in Dakota County Jail on $800,000 bail without conditions or $400,000 with conditions.

If found guilty, Wilson could face up to 40 years in prison for the attempted murder charge and up to 20 years in prison and/or a fee of up to $30,000 for the assault charge, court documents say.

Officers were sent to a home in Inver Grove Heights Saturday night for a man shot. When they arrived, they found a man outside with a gunshot wound to his leg, the complaint said. The man told officers that Wilson had shot him.

A woman told police the shooting occurred when Wilson came to pick up their shared children at her home.

Surveillance video shows Wilson's children getting into a car on the street while the man who was shot was on his driveway with his child, according to officials.

Wilson then walked closer to the man and appeared to pull something out of his pocket, causing the child to run away, police said.

Wilson then fired multiple shots, one of which hit the man in the leg, according to the complaint. The man tried to bear spray Wilson but missed, and Wilson got into his car and drove away, police said.

The surveillance came from a neighbor, and six gunshots can be heard at the time of the assault, police said.

Multiple casings were found on scene and a bullet was lodged in the garage a few feet from the man who had been shot, officials said. According to police, an unfired bullet was found near where Wilson was standing and it appears that he racked the loaded firearm before shooting at the man.

Metal rods were permanently placed into the man's femur, which was shattered as a result of the shooting, according to officials.

According to the criminal complaint, multiple children witnessed the shooting.