A Windsor man who a Superior Court Justice says is "lucky to be alive" has been sentenced to nine months in jail and 18 months probation following a 2018 incident which saw him threaten two officers with a shotgun before being shot twice by police.
Author of the article: Doug Schmidt
Publishing date: May 12, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 2 minute read Shots fired! In this Sept. 17, 2018 file photo, police officers are shown investigating at the scene of a confrontation between a man with a shotgun and Windsor cops responding to a domestic call for assistance at the Countryside Village trailer park off Division Road. Photo by Dax Melmer /Windsor Star
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A Windsor man who barely survived being shot twice in the chest by city police three years ago pleaded guilty Wednesday to having triggered the violence in the first place by threatening two officers with a shotgun.