Jeffrey Williams, 22, was found guilty in December of first-degree assault and other crimes for the shooting on March 12, 2015. Jerryl Christmas, Williams' attorney, said an appeal is likely.
Brown, who was 18, black and unarmed, was fatally shot on August 9, 2014, during a street confrontation with white Ferguson officer Darren Wilson. Some residents living near the shooting said Brown was trying to surrender, but a St. Louis County grand jury and the US Department of Justice both cleared Wilson of wrongdoing. He resigned in November 2014.
Protesters near police headquarters were celebrating Jackson's resignation when shots rang out from a passing car. St Louis County officer Scott Brown was struck in the shoulder. Webster Groves, Missouri, officer Cameron McKay was hit in the cheek. Both survived, but McKay never returned to duty and left the Webster Grove department.
Williams has said that another man in the car fired the shots. But police said Williams confessed, and a pistol found at his home matched shell casings at the shooting scene. In a recording of jail phone calls obtained in April 2015 by The Associated Press, Williams said he was shooting at someone else, not the officers.
Later in the conversation Williams said he knew he was likely headed to prison but guessed low on the length of his sentence.
"Even though I was in the wrong, though, I should have just went the other way," he said. "Oh man, now I'm looking at 10 years.
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