LEAVENWORTH -A Kansas man already serving prison time was found guilty by a jury Tuesday after he shot a man in the leg while his former girlfriend and her infant daughter were nearby.

Clayton Wilmer, 26, Leavenworth, was found guilty after a two-day trial on four counts: Criminal Discharge of a Firearm at an Occupied Vehicle causing great bodily harm, Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Endangering a Child and Criminal Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, according to media release from Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson.

The charges arose from an incident on October 24, 2014 near a residence on South 10th Street. Witnesses testified during the trial that Wilmer had been texting his former girlfriend throughout the day. He then approached the former girlfriend as she was getting into her car with another man and her infant daughter.

According to the testimony, Wilmer fired a shot from a 9 mm handgun into the car and struck the man in the right leg. He then pointed the handgun at the man. The daughter of Wilmer and his former girlfriend was in the backseat of the car.

A witness who was driving in the area observed Wilmer running north on 10 Street, stop and throw the handgun into a storm drain and continue running north.

He was then observed discarding a coat and hat into a creek north of Shawnee Street on 10th.

Leavenworth Police Officers retrieved the handgun, hat and coat. Forensic testing by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation found that DNA on those items matched the DNA of Wilmer.

Wilmer is currently serving a sentence in the Kansas Department of Corrections for Aggravated Battery, Robbery, Criminal Restraint and Intimidation of a Witness. Those offenses occurred in August, 2014. He was convicted of those charges following a jury trial in January, 2016.
Sentencing is scheduled for November 4.