Man who shot, wounded Cleveland cop gets 19-year sentence

CLEVELAND (AP) — A man who shot and injured a Cleveland police officer with an assault-type rifle while the officer was responding to a call is now headed to prison.

Jonathan Chambers received a 19-year sentence on Wednesday. He had pleaded guilty in February to three counts of attempted murder.

Authorities have said Chambers, 32, shot a man in the neck while the man was sitting in a car in November 2018 and then shot 28-year-old police officer Shane McNea in both legs when McNea and another officer arrived to investigate. The other officer was not injured.

The first man was shot in the neck and survived, while McNea underwent emergency surgery.

Chambers fled the scene on foot after shooting McNea but was captured later that day.