A Lansing, Kansas man was sentenced Wednesday to more than eight years in prison for attempted murder.

Jamahal Fountain, 23, was sentenced to 98 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections for his plea in August to charges of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated battery, felon in possession of a firearm and criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied dwelling.

On September 11, 2015 officers with the Leavenworth Police Department were dispatched to the 600 block of N. 5th Street in the city of Leavenworth because of shots fired. Upon arrival they found two individuals with gunshot wounds. Witnesses stated Fountain was at a residence in the area, but was asked to leave. An argument took place outside the residence to which Fountain discharged a firearm at multiple individuals, and wounded two of them. Fountain was prohibited from carrying a firearm at the time due to a prior conviction.

He was sentenced in Leavenworth County District Court to 50 months in prison for attempted murder , 41 months in prison for agg-battery, 7 months in prison for possession of a firearm, and 12 months in prison for criminal discharge of a firearm. County Attorney Todd Thompson says the first three sentences were ordered to run consecutive, and the fourth count was ordered to run concurrent with counts 1-3. Fountain will serve 36 months of post release supervision upon completion of his sentence and must register as a violent offender for 15 years upon completion of his sentence.

The sentence is based on the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines, which the legislature enacted to determine the sentence based on the defendant’s criminal history and type of crime they committed.

Thompson said of this case, “This incident was alarming and unacceptable in our community. Our sympathy goes to the victims.”

“We understand the Court is bound by the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines.”