A 24-year-old man – paroled last year after serving nearly five years in prison for aggravated robbery – was arrested following an argument that turned violent over the weekend, according to a statement released by Winfield Police.
Police responded just before 10 p.m. Saturday for the report of a disturbance involving gunshots in the 200 block of E. Fifth Ave.
Johnathen Jones, of Winfield, eventually turned himself into law enforcement. He was booked into the Cowley County Jail early Sunday on charges of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated battery, criminal discharge of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm.
He remained in jail Tuesday morning with bond set at $200,000.
The Kansas Dept. of Corrections has also issued a warrant for Jones, who is currently under their supervision. He was paroled in Feb. of 2023.
During the initial stages of this recent investigation officers discovered two men were involved in an argument. Jones is said to have produced a firearm and struck the other man multiple times. He then fired multiple shots in the direction of that man, who was identified as 25-year-old Auden Tarin, of Winfield. (Continue story below ads.)
Tarin was treated and released at a local hospital.
An investigation is ongoing.
Jones was sentenced to prison after being convicted of an incident that occurred in the Burden area on Sept. 11, 2018. According to news reports at the time, a man was robbed at gunpoint and left stranded by Jones and other suspects.
Above photo: Booking photo of Jones provided by Cowley County Sheriff’s Dept.
