Chicago man convicted of shooting Iowa deputy during robbery – WTOP News

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Chicago man was convicted Tuesday of capturing and critically wounding an Iowa sheriff’s deputy throughout a theft at a comfort retailer in 2021.

Stanley Donahue, 38, was convicted of a number of fees, together with tried homicide, stemming from the capturing in Coggon, a city about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Cedar Rapids.

Prosecutors stated Donahue robbed two staff at a Casey’s retailer and confined them in a cooler earlier than capturing Linn County deputy Will Halverson seven occasions on June 20, 2021.

Halverson was critically injured however has returned to work. He testified throughout the trial that Donahue was the person who shot him.

As he was being led from the courtroom on Tuesday, Donahue checked out Halverson and his household and stated “It ought to of been worse than what it was,” adopted by an expletive, The Cedar Rapids Gazette reported.

Donahue fled after the capturing and was later arrested after a greater than 12-hour manhunt that ended when he was noticed by a tv information crew.

Through the trial County Legal professional Nick Maybacks argued it was clear Donahue meant to kill Halverson.

Donahue’s legal professional argued DNA was inconclusive and didn’t rule out the potential for different suspects.

Donahue faces as much as 112 years in jail at sentencing. He was convicted of tried homicide, two counts of first-degree theft, willful harm, try and elude, trafficking stolen weapons, disarming a peace officer, being a felon in possession of firearm and two counts of false imprisonment.

No sentencing date was set.

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