CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. (AP) - A rural Kimball man will serve 30 years in prison for shooting and seriously wounding a South Dakota Highway Patrol officer during a standoff two years ago.
Forty-four-year-old Donald London was sentenced Tuesday to 75 years in prison, but 45 years of the sentence were suspended.
London asked for the officers’ forgiveness before he was sentenced. The Daily Republic (https://bit.ly/2ngmJIC ) reports London told wounded trooper John Koenig “there’s not an hour of the day that goes by” that he doesn’t think about what he did.
Last month London pleaded guilty but mentally ill to three counts of aggravated assault. The January 2015 standoff at the London family farm lasted more than a day and eventually involved 130 law officers.
Judge Bruce Anderson says Koenig still suffers physically from the shooting.
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Information from: The Daily Republic, https://www.mitchellrepublic.com
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