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Man accused of pulling gun in Altamonte Springs gym, claimed it was a candy bar
WESH TWO NEWS STARTS NOW. ORLANDO MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER POLICE SAY HE PULLED A GUN ON TWO PEOPLE AT A JIM. IT HAPPENED AT A CRUNCH FITNESS IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, WESH 2’S. LUANA MUNOZ IS LIVE IN SEMINOLE COUNTY TONIGHT, WHERE PEOPLE WHO GO TO THAT GYM ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. LUANA. THAT’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THIS HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC OF CONVERSATION TODAY. A LOT OF GYM GOERS ARE ON EDGE. WHILE SOME ARE SAYING THIS IS JUST NOW THE WORLD THAT WE’RE LIVING IN. CRUNCH FITNESS IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, OFF NORTH STATE ROAD 434, BECAME THE CENTER OF CONFUSION AND CHAOS TUESDAY MORNING. POLICE SAY THIS MAN, 45 YEAR OLD WINSTON MEDLEY, PULLED OUT A GUN AND POINTED IT AT TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE WORKING OUT. GYM MEMBER BLAKE SAFFORD SAYS HE NORMALLY WORKS OUT. AROUND THE SAME TIME OF THE INCIDENT, BUT WASN’T THERE THAT DAY. IT PUTS PEOPLE ON EDGE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T KNOW WHO’S NEXT TO YOU IN THE GYM ANYMORE. YOU DON’T. YOU DON’T KNOW WHO YOU’RE WALKING NEXT TO OR WHAT’S ON THEIR MIND OR WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO DO. ACCORDING TO POLICE RECORDS, ONE OF THE VICTIMS WAS WORKING OUT WITH A GROUP OF MEN WHEN MEDLEY APPROACHED THE GROUP AND BEGAN MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT THE WEIGHT THE MEN WERE USING. THE TWO STARTED ARGUING, AND THE VICTIM SAYS HE WALKED TO ANOTHER AREA TO CONTINUE HIS WORKOUT, BUT MEDLEY FOLLOWED. REPEATEDLY ASKING THE VICTIM IF HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH HIM, THE VICTIM CLAIMS HE TOLD MEDLEY. HE WAS, QUOTE, ACTING AGGRESSIVELY AND NEEDED TO STOP. THAT’S WHEN MEDLEY BRANDISHED A FIREARM AND POINTED IT DIRECTLY AT HIS FACE. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THE VICTIM WAS IN FEAR OF HIS LIFE AND IMMEDIATELY RAN AWAY. HE THEN SAW MEDLEY MANIPULATING THE GUN AS IF HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FIRE OR ADJUST IT. I DON’T THINK EITHER ONE OF US REALLY FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN NOW. GIVEN THAT THIS HAPPENS A LOT, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYBODY AT ANY TIME. I’M A NATIVE OF THIS AREA, BORN AND RAISED, AND THIS STUFF NEVER USED TO HAPPEN IN MY COMMUNITY GROWING UP. AND NOW TO SEE THIS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, I’M BORN AND RAISED IN NOW, RAISING MY OWN KIDS IN, IT’S SCARY. IT’S LIKE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING. AND WE DID REACH OUT TO THE VICTIM WHO DID NOT WANT TO GO ON CAMERA. MEDLEY IS FACING A NUMBER OF CHARGES, INCLUDING FIRST DEGREE PREMEDITATED MURDER, AS WELL AS POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON. HE’S ALSO DUE BACK IN COURT ON APRIL 7T
Man accused of pulling gun in Altamonte Springs gym, claimed it was a candy bar
Updated: 8:13 AM EST Feb 19, 2026
Police arrested a man on Tuesday after he allegedly pulled a gun on people inside a gym in Altamonte Springs.The Altamonte Springs Police Department said the incident happened at a Crunch Fitness on State Road 434 in Altamonte Springs. They were called to the scene for reports of a disturbance involving a firearm. The incident started because the suspect, Winston Medley, allegedly got into an argument with a couple of men over the amount of weight they were working out with, calling them weak, according to police.The group separated, but Medley approached them again minutes later and pulled out a gun. Multiple witnesses in the gym said it looked like he was trying to fire the gun, but was fiddling with it as if it were jammed. He ran away but was caught near 417 and State Road 400.When police asked him about the gun, he initially claimed it was a “king-size Snickers bar.”Medley then told officers it was fake and that he only pulled it out to scare others. Medley declined to reveal the gun’s location, and authorities were unable to recover it.He has been charged with attempted homicide, possession of a weapon by a state felon, and tampering with evidence, according to police.
Police arrested a man on Tuesday after he allegedly pulled a gun on people inside a gym in Altamonte Springs.
The Altamonte Springs Police Department said the incident happened at a Crunch Fitness on State Road 434 in Altamonte Springs. They were called to the scene for reports of a disturbance involving a firearm.
The incident started because the suspect, Winston Medley, allegedly got into an argument with a couple of men over the amount of weight they were working out with, calling them weak, according to police.
The group separated, but Medley approached them again minutes later and pulled out a gun.
Multiple witnesses in the gym said it looked like he was trying to fire the gun, but was fiddling with it as if it were jammed. He ran away but was caught near 417 and State Road 400.
When police asked him about the gun, he initially claimed it was a “king-size Snickers bar.”
Medley then told officers it was fake and that he only pulled it out to scare others.
Medley declined to reveal the gun’s location, and authorities were unable to recover it.
He has been charged with attempted homicide, possession of a weapon by a state felon, and tampering with evidence, according to police.
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