MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee man who was shot by police after he fired a gun at a contractor outside his former Jewish school in Memphis in 2023 pleaded guilty on Friday and was sentenced to eight years’ probation.

Joel Bowman, 35, entered guilty pleas to aggravated assault and aggravated burglary in a Memphis courtroom. Bowman was then sentenced by Shelby County Judge James Jones III. During the hearing, Bowman answered “yes sir” to questions from the judge about whether he understood his sentence.

Authorities said Bowman was armed when he went to Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South on July 31, 2023, but he was denied entry. Class was not in session, but a limited number of staff and construction workers were present.

Bowman is a former student of the school and play

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