ALMA, Wis. — A Winona man with a long rap sheet pleaded guilty to a 2024 bar shooting that critically wounded another Winona man. The plea by Damien Bryant Winn, age 41, cleared the way for a pre-sentence hearing. Judge Clark Thomas scheduled sentencing itself for early December. The shooting was at George’s Lounge across the Wisconsin state line from Winona. The place was still packed at closing time on a weekend night. Winn was arrested the next day on a Winona Street. Winn now has been in the Buffalo County jail in Alma 17 months in lieu of $250,000 bail. He is charged with attempted homicide and felonious possession of a firearm. Conviction could mean as many as 60 years in prison plus additional time on the weapons charge.
Winn. Guilty plea precludes need for trial.
Police record
Winn’s court record includes assaults, violent threats, burglary, theft, obstructing police, falsified identification, probation violation, fleeing justice, driving after license revocation, speeding, and missed court dates. These were mostly in Winona County. Some are earlier infractions were in Chicago.