Two men and one woman were at home when Matthew Banks, 26, entered the house at 4:25 a.m., according to a Gainesville Police report in which the address of the incident and the names of the victims were redacted.
Authorities did not reveal the condition of the wounded victim or Banks, of 2229 SE 30th Drive.
Police gave this account: The male victim was asleep on a couch when Banks and a second suspect entered the house.
A woman in the house had gotten up to check on another person in the house, who is blind, when she heard two loud booms and then the man shouting that he had been shot in the face.
The woman got a gun from a closet and walked down the hall toward the living room when she saw Banks pointing a gun at her. She fired a shot and told police that she was sure that she hit him.
She said she saw the second suspect in the dining room and that Banks told the other suspect to run, she has a gun. The report did not indicate if this second suspect has been apprehended.
Banks went out the front door and collapsed on the lawn as the woman called 911.
The other man in the house told police he was asleep and heard a loud noise.
He then heard the wounded man, who had locked himself in a bathroom, shouting that he had been shot. He broke into the bathroom to help his friend.
Police found Banks on the lawn with a blood-covered pistol nearby. They also found Banks' Florida Department of Corrections identification card next to the gun.
The male victim was taken to UF Health Shands hospital.
Banks was arrested on charges of attempted murder, home invasion robbery with a firearm, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was being held at the Alachua County jail Sunday on $5 million bond.
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