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Man sentenced for shooting, critically hurting another man

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A man who opened fire on another in January, critically hurting him, after reportedly coming to the aid of a woman has been sentenced.

Zanalynn Booker, 22, was sentenced Tuesday in Allen Superior Court to a total of six years in prison. He was sentenced for the January 11 shooting of Anthony Davis Jr. in the roadway on the 3300 block of Alexander Street, just north of Oxford Street. Booker had pleaded guilty in May to charges of Criminal Recklessness and Battery.

Officers were called to that block around 7 p.m. to find multiple shots fired into a vehicle, and Davis hit in the face. A woman and child were in the car. The child was cut by glass when a window shattered, but the injuries weren’t serious.

According to a probable cause affidavit, a woman told police she was with her boyfriend – Davis – and his niece in a car when the couple began to argue. The woman said they pulled over near Drexel and Alexander streets and she got out of the car. After the argument escalated to Davis pushing her, the woman said she went door-to-door for help, the affidavit said.

The woman said Davis tried to plead with her to get back into the car, but a car pulled up. The woman said she got into that car, the affidavit said.

Davis, then, approached and told its driver – later identified as Booker – to “get his girl out of the car,” the affidavit said. The woman said she heard Booker tell Davis not to “walk up on him,” then watched as he grabbed something and raise his arm. At that point, the woman said she heard Davis plead, “Don’t do this,” before some five gunshot rang out, the affidavit said.

The woman said she then found Davis on the ground.

Officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department’s Gang and Violent Crimes Unit arrested Booker two days later.

In court Tuesday, Booker said he was coming to the aid of a woman and had to defend himself.

“I’m truly sorry for what went down in this,” said Booker. “The girl was an ex-girlfriend and he was beating her up. She ran to me for help. I feel like I was in a position to defend myself. This all happened in the spur of the moment.”

Allen Superior Judge John Surbeck ordered Booker to have no contact with Davis.