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Bicyclist gets 5 years for Kan. road rage shooting

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A bicyclist has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for shooting a motorist in the face in a fit of road rage last year in Wichita.

Twenty-nine-year-old Jonathan Newcomb was sentenced Thursday to 59 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $19,600 in restitution. He had pleaded guilty to attempted intentional second-degree murder on June 8.

According to prosecutors, Newcomb was riding a bicycle on Aug. 13, 2014, when he and Luis Leon-Olmos nearly collided. Newcomb tried to cross the driveway of a parking lot when Leon-Olmos’ pickup attempted to turn.

A confrontation ensued and prosecutors say video surveillance shows Newcomb pulling out a pistol from a holster and shooting Leon-Olmos in the face. Leon-Olmos lost his left eye in the shooting.

Newcomb was arrested a short time later.

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