JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for assault on a federal law enforcement officer, prosecutors said.
U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate sentenced Demario Lamar Cotton, 40, of Jackson. Cotton pleaded guilty July 1 in the case.
Court documents show that on or about June 26, 2021, Cotton was in a vehicle fleeing law enforcement officers when he stopped and fired a rifle multiple times at law enforcement vehicles. A federal officer was injured in the shooting, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Jermicha Fomby, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Jackson.
The FBI and the Jackson Police Department investigated the case, with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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