Man sentenced in shooting that led to quadruple amputation

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 6:18 pm, Saturday, December 10, 2016


WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for a Kansas store robbery shooting that left a retired guidance counselor so seriously injured that doctors had to amputate her hands and feet.

The Wichita Eagle reports (http://j.mp/2gne9ni ) that 27-year-old James Michael Phillips was sentenced Friday to 31 years for shooting Julie Dombo during a robbery attempt at an AT&T store in Derby in August 2015.

He was convicted earlier of nine counts, including attempted first-degree murder.

Dombo, who had gone to the store to have her phone fixed, spoke during the sentencing hearing and told the judge the shooting changed her life. Doctors had to amputate portions of Dombo's arms and legs to save her life. She spent 114 days in the hospital.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Man-sentenced-in-shooting-that-led-to-quadruple-10788368.php

[bucolic_frolic]

1. There is murder. And then there is evil.

The suffering this dirtbag inflicted cannot be measured.

[Jake Stern]

2. He should feel lucky.

At least this scumbag will do those years with his body intact.

[nycbos]

3. A heinous crime like that...

... should have been life no parole.

[area51]

6. +1 n/t

[Feeling the Bern]

4. I don't know much about the case, so I need to ask two questions

1: Motives?
2: How can being shot lead to four amputations?

[colorado_ufo]

5. Infection would be one reason.

Blood loss leading to tissue death in the extremities might be another.