MILWAUKEE — A security guard has been charged with first-degree recklessly endangering safety after a man was shot during a confrontation Tuesday outside a Walgreens near West Wisconsin Avenue and North 35th Street. Police were called to the store after a ShotSpotter alert registered seven gunfire-like sounds, according to the criminal complaint. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound to his leg and bullet holes in two vehicles in the parking lot. The wounded man told police that a security guard had shot him. The guard, identified as 28-year-old Victor K. Wallace-Nelson of Milwaukee, told officers he was carrying a firearm and later gave investigators an account of what led to the shooting. Wallace-Nelson said he saw the man putting merchandise inside his pants and recognized him from earlier thefts at the store. He said he directed the man to leave or agree to a pat-down. According to Wallace-Nelson, the man told him to take the dispute outside. Wallace-Nelson told police the man struck him in the face once they were outside. He said he punched the man in response, after which the man pulled a knife. Wallace-Nelson also said the man and a woman with him spit at him, and that he drew his weapon when the spit interfered with his vision and he saw the man raise the knife. The complaint says surveillance video does not support some key parts of that account. Investigators said the footage appears to show Wallace-Nelson throwing the first punch. It does not show the man raising a knife or Wallace-Nelson wiping his eyes, according to the complaint. The guard allegedly fired one shot near the man's head, followed by five or six additional shots as the man ran away. Wallace-Nelson told police he did not fear for his life until he said the spitting impaired his vision. He also said he did not return to the store because there were “too many emotions in the air” and he was trying to end the confrontation. If convicted, Wallace-Nelson could face as much as 17½ years in prison. The charge is an allegation, and he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.