Mauricio Venzor-Gonzalez was sentenced Friday in Denver district court on convictions of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault of an officer, retaliating against a witness and two counts of weapon possession.
Venzor-Gonzalez was a passenger in a vehicle that Denver police tried to stop in November 2017. The driver crashed into a parked car while fleeing the officers, and Venzor-Gonzalez escaped on foot, shooting at a pursuing police officer multiple times.
The officer shot back, wounding Venzor-Gonzalez, who still managed to evade capture for three days.
After his arrest, Vendor-Gonzalez escaped before being captured months later.
He will be tried in July on an escape charge.