A man has been found guilty of charges for shooting a Sanibel police officer in November 2016.
The State Attorney's Office said the officer was sitting in his patrol car along Periwinkle Way, and while he was filling out a traffic stop report, he was shot in the shoulder by someone in a passing car.
Other Sanibel officers arrived and identified the shooter as Jon Webster Hay. With the help of the Lee County Sheriff's Office, they located Hay's vehicle.
They tried to get him to stop, but he continued driving to his home on Sandcastle Way.
Hay fired more than two dozen rounds as law enforcement officers approached him, according to the State Attorney's Office.
The officers were not struck, but their patrol cars were hit. They returned fire, and Hay was grazed by a bullet before being taken into custody.
A loaded semiautomatic gun was found in a fanny pack he was wearing when officers searched him. The SAO also said he had extra ammunition-filled magazines for the gun.
According to the news release, the officer who was shot was treated at a hospital for his injuries and survived the shooting.
Hay was convicted of three counts of attempted first-degree murder on a law enforcement officer, fleeing to elude a law enforcement officer and shooting at or into an occupied vehicle.
His sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 13, 2025.
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