Trenton man shot by deputy faces felony charge

    A Trenton man who was shot by a Hitchcock County sheriff’s deputy Feb. 11 has been charged with being a felon in possession of a deadly weapon.
    The Hitchcock County Sheriff’s Office said Ace Anderson, 30, was in Bryan Health in Lincoln, but the hospital was unable to confirm that he was there.
    According to documents from Hitchcock County Court, the sheriff’s office received a call at 1:10 a.m. from a Trenton resident that Anderson was shooting a handgun in the yard of her Trenton home.
    He was gone from the yard by the time deputies arrived but residents of the home told them Anderson had been at the house drinking beer and he had a semiautomatic handgun in his possession. Anderson was asked to leave the house and he walked outside and fired the gun near their detached garage.
    As deputies were leaving, they saw Anderson near the garage and told him to get on the ground, the documents said. Anderson, who was holding two beer cans, shifted them to his left arm and reached into his right coat pocket, pulling the gun and aiming it toward one of the deputies. One of the deputies shot at Anderson and moved out of his line of sight.
    A wounded Anderson fell to the ground. Deputies called for an ambulance and found the gun lying near Anderson. He was transported to McCook Community Hospital. He was then flown to Bryan Health West Campus in Lincoln.
    Court documents said in 2015 Anderson was convicted of third degree assault on an officer and sentenced to 20 months to five years in prison.
    The new charge against Anderson is a felony with a maximum penalty of 50 years in prison and a mandatory minimum of three years.
    The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating the officer-involved shooting.