(FOX40.COM) — The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office announced that Honorable Alyson Lewis sentenced Zachary Taylor Sheeran to 72 years and 4 months to life in prison on Aug. 15 for a 2021 standoff with deputies. • Video above: How to report a public safety threat

Sheeran forced one of the victims to give him binoculars at gunpoint and then shot the victim in the back on Aug. 28, 2021, according to SCDAO. Many residents in the area called the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office to report a shooting in the neighborhood.

The DA's office said when Sheeran saw deputies arriving at the scene from across the street, he fired nine shots at two deputies from an unregistered .223 caliber assault rifle. The bullets missed the two deputies by a few feet.

The deputies were wearing their po

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