By Associated Press - Tuesday, March 14, 2017

BEND, Ore. (AP) - A man has been convicted and sentenced to more than eight years behind bars for shooting two people on a street in Bend last year.

Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Tuesday that 24-year-old Walter Owen Henneke was convicted of two counts of assault in the first degree and one count of unlawful use of a weapon.

Hummel said Henneke apparently was upset that a group of people were noisy as they passed his house early on April 24. A fight ensued. Hummel said after it ended, Henneke came out of his house and opened fire with his semi-automatic rifle, hitting two people and causing serious injuries.



A court sentenced Henneke to 100 months in prison and ordered him to pay $35,000 restitution to the victims.

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