ALMA, Wis. – A Winona man accused in a shooting in March at George’s bar in Bluff Siding, Damien Winn, pleaded not guilty in Buffalo County Court. A pre-trial conference was scheduled for September. Winn, age 40, was charged with:
> Attempted intentional homicide.
> Recklessly endangering safety.
> Possessing a firearm as a felony.
> Carrying a handgun in a bar.
> Endangering safety with a dangerous weapon.
The victim at George’s suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound in his abdomen. He was taken six miles across the river to the Winona hospital. Winn was arrested wandering a street in Winona the next morning.
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Winn profile
Winn had lived off and on in Winna for several years. Earlier he lived briefly in Wabasha, and before that in Crystal Lake, Illinois, and Chicago. He has a lengthy court record in Minnesota, which includes assaults, theft, and interference with poolice.