According to defense attorney Fortunato Perri, Cassidy will get seven months’ credit for time he’s already served and be eligible for parole “in the near future.”

Cassidy was also convicted of two counts of aggravated assault and possession of an instrument of crime for his involvement in the shooting. Perri said that police seized “a large amount of ammunition from [Cassidy’s] house,” some of which matched ballistically with shell casings that were recovered from the crime scene. Judge Jane Greenspan based her decision on the fact that “although he didn’t start the problem, he may have helped to escalate the situation because of his access to the ammunition,” Perri explained.

“You could be a leader in the community,” The Associated Press quoted Greenspan as saying before handing out her sentence. “All those guns