Whitehill and matt stephenson. The state charged polson for attempted murder for those two shootings but the jury chose the lesser charge. Stephenson avoided injury but whitehill was shot in the back and neck and has permanent nerve damage a result of the shooting. Polson was also found guilty on two counts of willful injury as well as all the drug and weapons charges he faced. Polson showed little emotion as the verdict was read and was immediately taken into custody without bond. I did have a chance to speak to a few of the victims and they were still trying to process the verdict and did not want to go on camera. Polson will be sentenced in december on all nine charges. With just the attempted murder, assault and willful injury charges polson faces up to 50 years in prison. A man is dead after exchanging gun fire with police in cedar rapids. It all started around 1030 last night when an officer pulled over car on suspicion of drug activity. But when the vehicle stopped 21 yearold Jo