Lil Wayne Tour Bus Shooting: Winfrey Pleads Guilty; Details Released!
A man who fired multiple shots at Lil Wayne's tour buses in Atlanta, plead guilty and received a 20-year sentence, Friday according to Rolling Stone.
Jimmy Carlton Winfrey, also known as PeeWee Roscoe, has reached a plea deal with prosecutors, Nov. 20 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by 10 years of probation, revealed HipHopDX.
The shooting in April, took place on I-285, around 3:30 a.m. in Cobb County, as Lil Wayne and his entourage left Compound nightclub.
A vehicle pulled up alongside the rapper and his entourage, open fired and then left.
After the shooting incident, the tour buses continued on to the Mandarin Oriental hotel
Respoding officers at that time, discovered that the buses had been shot multiple times. No one was injured, but there was $200,000 worth of damage.
"Witnesses could only provide a limited description of the suspect vehicles," said Atlanta Police spokeswoman, Elizabeth Espy then. "They were described as two white vehicles, possibly a Corvette-style vehicle and an SUV."
Jimmy was arrested in June on charges of criminal gang activity, terroristic threats, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Winfrey was initially charged on 30 counts which stemmed from the April shooting, but only pleaded guilty to six charges, all gang related.
Jimmy served as a tour manager for Lil Wayne's rival and claimed he called rappers Birdman and Young Thug before and after the attack, reported the Daily Mail.
Both rappers have denied their involvement in the shooting.
Lil Wayne, also known as Dwayne Carter formerly collaborated frequently with Birdman, real name Bryan Williams. The two jointly owned Cash Money Records.
Also, according to the indictment, Birdman, Young Thug and Lil Wayne are all Blood Gang members.
The shooting incident happened a few months after Lil Wayne's very public split with his longtime label, Cash Money.
After leaving, Lil Wayne sued the record label for $51 million.