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Scott Lincoln Davis, sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison, is shown during an earlier court appearance.

Gunman who shot deputy gets 25 years Law officer calls prison sentence ‘fair’

minutes later. Both men were treated at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Cortani, who returned to his beat after his wound healed, testified at the trial and spoke at the sentencing.

By Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News

Lord’s Prayer

PORT ANGELES — The man convicted of attempting to murder a Clallam County sheriff’s deputy in January 2009 was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Tuesday. Scott L. Davis, 61, was found guilty of first-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault for shooting Clallam County Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Cortani at a waterfront cabin near Sekiu. He was convicted by a jury in Clallam County Superior Court on July 30. Judge Ken Williams handed down the sentence in a 45-minute hearing on Tuesday. Davis will be 86 when released, if he serves the full sentence. Cortani, 42, was investigating a trespassing complaint when Davis opened fire at a West End cabin between Neah Bay and Sekiu. Davis shot the Forks lawman in the left arm and hip. Cortani took cover behind a beach log and returned fire, hitting Davis in the stomach and arm after Davis emptied his handgun and retrieved a 12-gauge shotgun. Cortani held Davis at gunpoint until backup arrived about 30

“Basically I told the court that the passage from the Lord’s Prayer came to mind,” Cortani said. “At the human level, I forgive Mr. Davis for what happened. However, I could not live with the fact that he could get out and do this to anybody else.” Cortani described the sentencing as “fair.” Davis was originally scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 2, but Williams said the state Department of Corrections needed more time to complete a pre-sentencing investigation report. Neither Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney Deb Kelly nor defense attorney Harry Gasnick objected. Gasnick, who filed a notice of appeal on Tuesday, argued at trial that Davis was suffering from mental health problems at the time of the shooting. A Seattle neuropsychologist testified that Davis had bipolar 1 disorder and was possibly not taking his medications on the day of the shootout. Turn

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Volunteers erect a 20-foot-tall cedar Welcome Pole — with forearms extended and hands facing upward in the gesture of welcome common to the Lower Elwha Klallam and Jamestown S’Klallam tribes — in front of the House of Learning Longhouse on the Port Angeles campus of Peninsula College on Tuesday. See story on Page A10

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PORT ANGELES — A bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of the Richard B. Anderson Federal Building on Tuesday afternoon and disrupted downtown traffic was a hoax, authorities have concluded. No bomb was found in the building at 138 W. First St. after the 1:52 p.m. threat. “We searched the whole building,” Deputy Police Chief Brian Smith said. “We went everywhere.”

PORT ANGELES — Jay Ketchum can dangle Deb Kelly-for-prosecuting-attorney signs on his property all he wants without worrying about reporting the activity as a political contribution, the state Public Disclosure Commission has decided. The PDC ruled Friday on a complaint filed by JulieAnna Gardiner of Sequim, a supporter of Democrat Larry Freedman, who is opposing Kelly, the incumbent Republican, in the Nov. 2 general election. The decision means that the agency will not open a formal investigation into the matter.

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