Shootings stem from theft during lap dance

A stripper accused of stealing money from a man as she performed a lap dance at an after-hours party was among four people later shot by the man after he discovered the theft, according to new charges filed in the case. Among those shot was a woman's fetus. Jerome Artell Scott, 35, is charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, four counts of first-degree reckless injury and one count of being a felon in possession of a gun in connection with the attacks, which occurred March 21. According to the criminal complaint: Scott and the victims went to a party above a barbershop at 4375 N. Teutonia Ave. He began dancing with the stripper, and they later went into another room where she took his money during another performance. When he noticed his money was gone, he confronted the stripper, who denied taking the money. Others came to her defense and Scott left. But when the stripper and her 35-weeks-pregnant friend, Alice Ewing, left the party about dawn, Scott was waiting outside and fired into the car they had just entered. Both suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Ewing's baby was born shortly thereafter, with a bullet in her tiny foot. A man who also had left the party was shot in the elbow as he tried to run away, and another man standing in the door of the residence was shot in the shoulder. Ewing and her baby were still hospitalized late last week, according to the complaint. Police arrested Scott the next day and found the gun in his car. The complaint states he admitted to the shootings. [view link]