Complex sentence: Ernie draws a gun but Wesley shoots the gun out of his hand with a crossbow bolt, intimidating Ernie's goons into dropping their own guns and allowing Wesley to ask Ernie where Angel is.
Split into simpler sentences: Ernie draws a gun but Wesley shoots the gun out of his hand with a crossbow bolt. This intimidates Ernie's goons into dropping their own guns and allows Wesley to ask Ernie where Angel is.