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Man shot by Sioux City police in standoff sentenced to jail

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November 29th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man shot by police during a standoff in Sioux City earlier this year has been sentenced to 10 days in jail after pleading guilty to two counts. The Sioux City Journal reports that 44-year-old Lee Fischer pleaded guilty Tuesday to intimidation with a dangerous weapon and domestic abuse assault. In exchange, prosecutors dropped a charge of assaulting a police officer.

Fischer also received a suspended five-year prison sentence, three years’ probation and an order to continue substance abuse treatment. Police were called March 5 about a man firing a gun inside his home while his ex-wife was there. Fischer emerged from the home hours later with a gun and was shot by an officer when he refused to drop it. The woman was not injured.