WINONA, Minn. — A man who shot and seriously wounded a neighbor in a private dorm at Winona State University in October has been sentenced to three years in prison. In a plea deal Cole Robert Cameron, age 27, had pleaded guilty to second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. The prison sentence was pronounced by Winona Judge Dwight Luhmann. Police had responded to a reported shooting at the Studios on Huff apartments. On the third floor they found the wounded man on a hallway floor and also Cameron. They quoted Cameron: “I shot him.” This was about 4:20 a.m. Cameron was very drunk, police said. His blood-alcohol tested at 0.20%, which is 2-1/2 times the threshold for intoxication.
Cameron. Sentenced on plea-reduced charge.