After court-ordered anger management, man charged in spree that left man dead, teen shot in face, woman shot 9 times

A 28-year-old man is behind bars, accused of shooting three people – one of them fatally – in separate incidents in roughly 36 hours in Montgomery.

Eric Wendell Scott Jr., 28, previously convicted of attempted murder for shooting a man in 2016, is now charged with capital murder, two counts of attempted murder, first-degree robbery and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, Montgomery police announced Friday.

The bloodshed began about 12:10 a.m. Wednesday in the 100 block of Victor Tulane Circle, a complex where Scott also lives.

Charging documents state Scott pulled a gun on a woman while she was sitting in her Toyota Camry and shot her nine times, including wounds to the chest.

The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

Scott is charged with attempted murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle in that case.

Then, less than 12 hours later, Scott is charged with fatally shooting 31-year-old Micael Ligon.

Scott and Ligon, according to court records, were sitting in Ligon’s Hyundai Sonata when Scott shot Ligon and removed him from the car. Fleeing in in Ligon’s car.

The shooting happened at 11:30 a.m. in the 2200 block of East Third Street, said Sgt. Tina McGriff.

Ligon was pronounced dead at the scene.

Scott is charged with capital murder in Ligon’s killing.

On Thursday, about 12:16 p.m., police say Scott robbed a 16-year-old boy at gunpoint and shot him in the leg.

The assault happened at an apartment building on Gas Light Curve.

Scott then followed the victim in the parking, stole the keys to the young victim’s Honda Odyssey van and shot him in the face.

Scott fled in the stolen van, according to arrest records.

The victim is hospitalized, but his condition was not immediately known.

Scott was initially taken into custody in the shooting of the 16-year-old boy.

Investigators used the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network, also known as NIBIN, to then link Scott to the other two shootings,

Scott was booked into the Montgomery County Detention Center at just before 7:30 p.m. Thursday, where he remains held without bond.

Court records show Scott was convicted in 2018 of attempted murder in the 2016 shooting of a man.

That shooting happened also while the victim was sitting in his vehicle, and he was struck multiple times.

Scott was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with five to serve.

Scott was later charged with violating his probation.

That case went to court in October 2024, at which point Scott’s probation was not revoked, but he was ordered to serve 45 days in the Montgomery County Detention Facility.

Upon his release, he was ordered to enroll in anger management class.