ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A man nicknamed “Eyeball” because of a tattoo that darkened the white part of his right eye pleaded guilty to shooting an Anchorage police officer.
Jason Barnum was sentenced to 22 years in prison Friday in Anchorage Superior Court.
Alaska Dispatch News reports the 39-year-old pleaded guilty to attempted murder, a consolidated first-degree burglary charge and third-degree weapons misconduct.
The shooting happened when police were investigating home burglaries and car thefts. Officers were inspecting at a hotel in 2012 when Barnum opened fire from a bathroom. Two officers shot back, striking Barnum in the arm, and one officer was injured.
Barnum was charged with 33 criminal counts. He later admitted to the committing thefts and burglaries to feed a heroin addiction.
At his sentencing Barnum apologized for hurting people.
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