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October 18, 2010 at 9:24 AM

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UPDATE: Man convicted of shooting at Seattle police officer

Posted by John de Leon

UPDATE: To read the charging papers in this case, click here.

An 18-year-old Seattle man has been convicted of two charges for firing a random gunshot at a Seattle police officer in February. The officer was not hit.

Mario Humphries was convicted on Friday of one count of second-degree assault with an aggravating factor and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. He faces a statutory maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced, according to the King County Prosecutor's Office.

Humphries shot at the officer as he was driving his patrol car at 1:04 a.m. on Feb. 7 in the 5900 block of Rainier Avenue South. The officer told police that he saw Humphries "raise his arm and aim at him in a common shooting position," according to charging papers. The gunshot did not hit the patrol car.

The officer pulled around the block and called for additional units. Officers stopped two men at Rainier and South Mead Street. The officer who was fired upon positively identified one as the shooter.

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