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Mpls. Man Who Shot 3 Women 26 Times Gets Nearly 28 Years In Prison

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A Minneapolis man learned he will spend the next 27 ½ years in prison for the shooting of three women in north Minneapolis last year, according to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.

On Monday, Delonte Ahshone Thomas was specifically sentenced to 333 months in prison in connection to the July 9, 2014 incident. He was convicted of three attempted murder charges.

On the day of the incident, Thomas returned to a party on the 3500 block of Fremont Avenue North with a semi-automatic gun after leaving due to a dispute with fellow guests.

Thomas then fired numerous shots at people behind the residence. One woman was shot nine times in her upper arm, pelvis abdomen, thigh, back and buttocks.

Another woman was shot eight times, including one which hit the center of her chest. And a third woman suffered eight gunshot wounds to her left leg and one to her right leg.

All three victims survived and underwent surgery.

Thomas was 20 years old at the time of the shooting.

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