Decorah native who went to prison for shooting his wife in Tennessee now faces public intoxication charges in Decorah

In 2009 Decorah native Jonathan Downing was stationed in Tennessee.  On September 9th of that year he shot at his wife, Waukon native Sena Downing, ten times at their home in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Downing, a 1995 Decorah High School graduate, originally was charged with first degree murder.  But a jury did not convict him of that charge, instead returning a guilty verdict to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.  The judge in the case in 2012 gave Downing the maximum possible sentence of six years in prison. 

The State of Tennessee's Felony Offender website says Downing was released from prison on February 11th of last year--having spent four and a half years in prison.

Last Thursday, April 2nd, Decorah Police arrested Downing on a charge of Public Intoxication.  They claim he had returned to the Corner Bar after the business had closed for the evening, shortly after 2:00 a.m..

At the time of his arrest in Decorah, Downing was not on parole and had completely served his sentence in Tennessee.