Man sentenced in shooting that partially paralyzed a deputy
Feb. 26, 2021
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CANTON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge has sentenced a man to 210 years in prison for firing an automatic rifle at law enforcement officers in 2019 and leaving a sheriff's deputy partially paralyzed.
Edgar Egbert appeared Thursday in Madison County Circuit Court and pleaded guilty to six counts of attempted murder of law enforcement agents.
The Clarion Ledger reported Circuit Judge John Emfinger read the charges aloud in a courtroom packed with Madison County deputies and other officers. Emfinger gave Egbert six consecutive 35-year sentences.
Court testimony revealed Egbert, a former Marine, shot at deputies in their vehicles, shattering windshields and side windows.