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Idaho man gets lengthy prison sentence for shooting Eagle police officer last summer Jacob Scholl, The Idaho Statesman Feb. 5 An Emmett man who pleaded guilty to shooting an Eagle police officer last year was sentenced to a decades-long prison term Friday. Matthew Stillhallis Kelly, 21, was sentenced to up to 54 years in prison, with eligibility for parole after 35 years. In November, Kelly pleaded guilty to felonies for assault or battery on certain personnel with an aggravated enhancement and grand theft by receiving or possessing stolen property. Kelly was the subject of a multihour manhunt last July 13 after Eagle police officer Brandon Austin was shot. Austin tried to pull over Kelly after the Emmett man was seen driving a yellow motorcycle that was believed to be stolen from a Canyon County home. ....