A man who pleaded guilty to murder and 11 other counts for killing a western Iowa sheriff’s deputy and wounding another during a jail escape has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. A Pottawattamie County District judge issued the sentence today (Tuesday), after 24-year-old Wesley Correa-Carmenaty entered guilty pleas to first-degree murder, attempted murder, escape, kidnapping and other crimes. His trial was set to begin today (Tuesday), but his attorney informed authorities last week that Correa-Carmenaty would change his plea.

Authorities say Correa-Carmenaty had just been sentenced on May 1st to 45 years in prison in an unrelated murder case when he grabbed one of the deputies’ guns while being transferred to the county jail. He shot them both and used the jail van to escape. One of the deputies, 43-year old Mark Burbridge, died from his injuries. Another Deputy, 59-year old Pat Morgan, was seriously wounded.

Correa-Carmenaty was recaptured that day in Omaha, Nebraska, after carjacking a woman at gunpoint.