<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4De0sJ_0wFDmaQH00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4De0sJ_0wFDmaQH00" width="223" height="278" >An Avon Lake man, who fired shots outside a Lorain elementary school causing lockdowns at it and two other schools almost exactly a year ago, has been sentenced to six years in prison.Jamel Geiger, 21, Jaycox Road, pleaded guilty Sept. 9 in Lorain County Common Pleas Court to four counts of felonious assault, and one count each of improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation or school, discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises, tampering with evidence, inducing panic and obstruction. All the charges were felonies.At sentencing last Wednesday, Judge Raymond Ewers gave Geiger four years in prison for firearms specifications for using a gun to commit the crimes. That prison time must be served first and is mandatory, which means Geiger won't be eligible for early release. Ewers then gave Geiger an additional two years apiece on each of the felonious assault and improperly discharging charges, all to run concurrent to each other but consecutive to the four years of firearms specifications, for an aggregate sentence of six years. Geiger got credit for 349 days already served awaiting trial. He will be on post-release control, formerly known as parole, for up to three years upon release.Lorain police responded Nov. 4, 2023, to a report of shooting in the area of Washington Elementary School on West 23rd Street as school was getting out.Security camera footage showed two men walking along the street as a blue SUV drove past, then pulled over.Shots were fired, but no one was injured. The two men, along with parents and students outside the school, scattered and took cover. Lorain police School Resource Officer Nick Gerace, who had been watching dismissal, heard the gunshots, alerted emergency dispatchers and ran after the shooter.Washington Elementary, Hawthorne Elementary and Gen. Johnnie Wilson Middle schools were placed on lockdown for two hours as police used drones and K-9 units to search the area.Officers later found Geiger hiding in a house on West 22nd Street and arrested him.Gerace was later honored for his actions that day during a ceremony at the school.</div></body>

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Avon Lake man gets 6 years in prison for 2023 shooting that sent Lorain schools into lockdown

An Avon Lake man, who fired shots outside a Lorain elementary school causing lockdowns at it and two other schools almost exactly a year ago, has been sentenced to six years in prison. Jamel Geiger, 21, Jaycox Road, pleaded guilty Sept. 9 in Lorain County Common Pleas Court to four...