Wisconsin Man Who Tried To Kill Cop Sentenced To 12 Years

ONEIDA, WI — A man was sentenced Tuesday to more than a decade in prison after he tried to kill a Wisconsin police officer in 2021, according to law enforcement.

Carl J. King, 31, of Oneida, pleaded guilty in March to attempted first-degree intentional homicide, and was sentenced to 12 years behind bars and 15 years of extended supervision, according to police and court records.

The incident occurred about 2 a.m. Feb. 21, 2021, when officers responded to the parking lot of the Oneida Police Department after receiving a report of a man acting erratically, according to law enforcement.

An officer found King standing outside a vehicle on a cellphone and approached King, at which point King pointed toward the officer and leaned into his vehicle, pulling out a handgun, Oneida police said. King pointed the weapon at the officer and began firing, and the officer hid behind his police car as the bullets struck the vehicle, according to authorities.

The officer returned fire and hit King, who was taken to a hospital and later booked into the Brown County Jail, police said, adding the officer was not hurt.