MARSHALL COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — A Marshall County man was given the maximum sentence for attempting to murder Arab police officers and leading them on a chase in 2022.
According to the Marshall County District Attorney’s Office, Judge Christopher Abel imposed the maximum sentence Monday on Sherman Nicholas Pierce for two counts of attempted murder, one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle and one count for attempting to elude law enforcement.
Pierce was found guilty on all four of the charges on Feb. 6.
He received three life sentences for the attempted murder charges and for firing into an occupied vehicle. He was additionally sentenced to one year for the misdemeanor charge of attempting to elude law enforcement.
In 2022, Pierce was accused of shooting at authorities after leading them on a pursuit in the area of Guntersville Road. Arab Police Officers chased Pierce onto Warrenton Road, then onto Point of Pines near Guntersville Lake.
According to the Arab Police Chief, the vehicle drove off the road, which is when Pierce got out of the vehicle, shot at officers and ran into a nearby woodline.
The chief said one of the mirrors on a patrol vehicle was hit, but no officers were injured. K9 units were able to track Pierce to a nearby area of the water, where his scent was lost.
He was later caught on June 13, 2022, at a home on Fry Gap Road.
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