Jurors have convicted a 22-year-old man of shooting and wounding an Albert Lea, Minn., police officer and others during an eight-hour standoff at his apartment building in November 2020.
Devin M. Weiland was found guilty Monday by a Freeborn County District Court jury of three counts of first-degree attempted murder, including one count of attempted murder of a police officer and three counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon.
Weiland fired more than 80 rounds during the standoff on Nov. 29, 2020, including one that hit officer Kody Needham in the chest, where he was wearing a protective vest. He also shot an apartment complex resident in the arm and a neighbor in the leg as he was driving past on his way to work.
After a week of testimony, jurors deliberated for two and a half hours before reaching their verdicts. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 19.
Needham, 32, is now an Otter Tail County sheriff's deputy.
According to the charges, Weiland told authorities that he made the initial report of gunfire or fireworks in the neighborhood that first brought the police to his apartment building.
Weiland eventually came out of his apartment and surrendered to the officers who had amassed in the apartment building.
Weiland told police he thought they were going to take his guns. Three rifles and a shotgun were recovered by law enforcement from his apartment.
