Associated Press
VANCOUVER, Wash. — A man convicted of attempted murder and assault for firing at a SWAT team and wounding an officer in Washington state has been sentenced to 120 years in prison.
Clark County Superior Court Judge John Wulle handed down the sentence after 30-year-old Matthew Hastings yelled at the judge and taunted officers in the courtroom.
Hastings was convicted last month of shooting at a SWAT team during a 20-hour standoff in Vancouver in July 2007. The wounded officer has returned to duty.
At one point during the testy exchange Monday, Wulle told Hastings, “shut your damn mouth!” He then accepted the state’s sentencing recommendation.
The judge later apologized to anyone in the courtroom who was offended.