HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 31-year-old Hutchinson man who enter guilty pleas for firing a shot at three 
Hutchinson Police officers will be sentenced Friday. Jason Mendoza was convicted of three counts of aggravated assault.
Mendoza shot in the direction of police in the 300 block of East 2nd back in December while the officers were conducting a follow-up investigation in a different matter. Officers found a shell casing from a .30 caliber semi-automatic handgun. A witness spotted a man wearing a jacket running from the scene.
Officers found the jacket, which eventually led to the arrest of Mendoza.