In a news release, Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson says Clayton Wilmer, 26, 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.
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 male and her infant daughter. According to the testimony, Wilmer fired a shot from a 9 mm handgun into the car and struck the male in the right leg. He then pointed the handgun at the male. 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. The handgun, hat and coat were retrieved by Leavenworth Police Officers. 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 4th.