Man Convicted Of Shooting 2 Deputies Sentenced To 135 Years

WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) -- A northern Illinois man has been sentenced to 135 years in prison after being convicted of shooting two McHenry County sheriff's deputies at his home last year.

Fifty-two-year-old Scott Peters of Holiday Hills was sentenced on Thursday.

He was convicted on more than a dozen charges, including seven counts of attempted murder of a police officer.

Authorities allege Peters fired more than a dozen rounds from a semi-automatic rifle at sheriff's deputies who responded on an early morning in October 2014 to a report of a domestic disturbance. Peters fled afterward and eluded police for 16 hours. Deputies Khalia Satkiewicz and Dwight Maness were injured by gunfire. Maness now uses a wheelchair.

Peters' defense attorneys say he thought he was firing at someone trying to break into his home.

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