Tallahassee man convicted of attempted murder after shooting and paralyzing bystander at Trapican Way gas station

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A Tallahassee man was found guilty of attempted first- and second-degree murder Friday. In 2023, a convenience store was attacked on Lake Bradford Road. According to court documents from the state attorney’s office.

Jonathan Vance could face a minimum sentence of 25 years to life in prison, according to court documents.

On the day of Vance’s shooting, Vance and a man known as “Peanut” got into a verbal fight at a Trapican Way gas station after Vance said the man “tried to swing his gun but accidentally knocked it out,” in court documents.

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Peanut took the gun and refused to return it to Vance, according to the documents. Vance then got into his car to take his mother home, where he grabbed an AR-style gun and went back to the store to confront Peanut about taking his gun, documents say.

Vance “parked near the convenience store and traveled on foot to sneak up on Peanut,” according to state attorney’s documents.

He looked around the corner of the store to ambush Peanut in an alley, and Vance opened fire, even though there were several other people in the alley. As Peanut fled, one of six bullets Vance fired struck and paralyzed a woman, according to court documents.

“He is not believed to regain the ability to walk,” according to the documents.

Vance claimed his actions were in self-defense. The jury rejected that argument and found him guilty after deliberating for about 30 minutes, according to court documents.

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