Man sentenced in Mesquite shooting
LAS VEGAS – A 41-year-old ex-convict from Utah could be eligible for parole almost immediately after he was sentence...
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STG Published 2:56 p.m. MT March 5, 2014
FILE - This undated image provided by the Mesquite Police Department shows Daniel Runyon. The 41-year-old ex-convict from Utah is due for sentencing on Wednesday March 5, 2014, in Las Vegas, on a reduced charge in a shooting that wounded a Mesquite police officer last year. (AP Photo/Mesquite Police Department, File)(Photo: Uncredited, AP)
LAS VEGAS – A 41-year-old ex-convict from Utah could be eligible for parole almost immediately after he was sentenced to 12 to 30 months in prison in a shooting that left him and a Mesquite police officer wounded almost a year ago.
Daniel Wesley Runyon's public defender, Melissa Navarro, told a judge on Wednesday that Runyon shot himself in the head before he was also shot by police during a traffic stop March 21, 2013.
Navarro says she can't account for a gunshot that wounded Mesquite police Officer Craig Empey.
He pleaded guilty in November to being an ex-convict in possession of a firearm.
His plea deal avoided trial on multiple charges including attempted murder, assault with a weapon and drug transport and trafficking.
Runyon also spells his last name Runyan. He lived in Richfield and has served prison time in Nebraska, North Dakota and Utah.
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