Corona

The Pendleton man who fired at Oregon State Police troopers during a high-speed pursuit was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Umatilla County Circuit Court sentenced Bryan Alberto Corona, 24, on Tuesday to 180 months without the possibility of early release.

On Jan. 2, 2016, two OSP troopers — Ryan Sharp, the driver, and Mitch Pace, an OSP recruit trooper — attempted to stop a vehicle driven by Corona for speeding on Fulton Road near Highway 37 north of Pendleton. Instead, Corona fled from troopers on the rural roads, driving at speeds up to 100 mph. As Corona drove, he shot multiple rounds through the rear window at the OSP vehicle. At least three bullets hit the vehicle in the headlight, radiator and front windshield.

A spike strip later flattened at least one tire on Corona’s vehicle.

Sharp then drove his vehicle into Corona’s, causing it to spin and come to rest in a ditch on the east side of the road. Corona attempted to flee the scene on foot, but he was struck and injured by another OSP vehicle arriving on the scene. Corona was treated at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital in Portland before being incarcerated.

On May 3, Corona pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted aggravated murder, unlawful use of a weapon, attempting to elude a police officer and two counts of recklessly endangering another person. As part of a plea agreement, Corona also pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of methamphetamine from an incident on June 25, 2015, and admitted to violating his probation from his prior riot conviction in 2015.