The man who admitted to shooting at two RCMP officers in Onanole last summer has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
The sentencing hearing for 19-year-old Therae Racette-Bealieu took place this afternoon in a Minnedosa courtroom.
Cpl. Graeme Kingdon was shot on August 29, 2018, when he and another constable were on the scene of a break-in. Kingdon suffered a fractured skull in the shooting.
Racette-Beaulieu was sentenced with 15 years in prison for the attempted murder charge, and 1 and a half years each for breaking, entering, stealing firearms and robbery.
He was 18-years-old at the time. In January he entered guilty pleas to one count of attempted murder, breaking and entering, stealing firearms, and theft of a motor vehicle. He entered the guilty plea earlier this morning in Brandon provincial court. he had no prior convictions in adult court in Manitoba.
