Man arrested after lobby shooting leads to hotel evacuation

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (WMC) – Hotel guests were evacuated Wednesday morning after police said a man had been shot multiple times in a lobby and seriously injured.

32-year-old Vontre Alexander Hubbard has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, possession of a firearm with intent to commit a dangerous felony, and being a felon convicted of possession of a firearm.

Officers responded to a shooting at the Express Inn at 2700 South Perkins Road on Wednesday, police said.

On the way, officers learned from dispatch that the suspect was roaming the IHOP parking lot next door.

Officers took Hubbard into custody near the restaurant’s trash cans, where they also recovered a pistol.

When officers made the scene in the hotel lobby, they found a victim who had been shot multiple times. He was taken to Regional His One Hospital in critical condition.

A witness who knew Hubbard at a local hotel was also in the lobby at the time, saying he was renewing a hotel room rental at the time of filming.

He told police that he and the victim were standing at the front desk when Hubbard approached the victim and an altercation ensued.

He said Hubbard fired multiple shots while he was hiding the gun in the front pocket of his pullover.

After the first shot, he took out his gun and fired a few more shots.

The front desk manager said that someone she knew as the man staying in room 526 opened fire and later identified the man as Hubbard.

Surveillance footage clearly shows Hubbard as responsible, police said.

Hubbard was checked and found to be a felon convicted by DeSoto County for selling cocaine.

He was sentenced to five years in prison in 2015. In 2010, he was sentenced to five years in prison for conspiracy to commit a robbery, according to police.

Hubbard is scheduled to appear in court on Friday.

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