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Man left paralyzed in shootout with Omaha police sentenced

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man left paralyzed in a 2017 shootout with Omaha police officers has been sentenced to 13 to 25 years in prison.

The Omaha World-Herald says 22-year-old Monroe Evans III was sentenced Tuesday in Douglas County District Court, as Evans sat in a wheelchair.

Evens lost the use of both legs and his left hand after a shootout with police near Turner Park in January 2017.

Prosecutors say Officers Jill Schillerberg and Matthew Skradski confronted Evans after someone reported a man carrying a gun and looking in windows. Investigators say Evans fired first at Schillerberg, hitting her in the ankle. Schillerberg fired back once and Skradski fired 11 times. Evans was hit nine times.

Information provided by Nebraska prison officials says Evans will be housed in a prison medical unit.

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