By Steve Neavling
A Proud Boy member from Texas who shot at law enforcement after the FBI told him to surrender on charges for taking part in the U.C. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday.
Nathan Pelham pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm, NBC News reports.
Pelham, who was “apparently drunk,” fired several shots at law enforcement officials who showed up at his house after his father requested a welfare check on April 12, according to prosecutors. One of the officers said a shot “came in so close proximity to myself that I could hear the distinct whistling sound as the bullet traveled by me and then strike a metal object to my right side.”
For his role in the Jan. 6 riot, Pelham was sentenced to time served. According to prosecutors, Pelham “was dishonest with law enforcement, both before and after his arrest, about what he did at the Capitol.”
“According to subsequent police reports, Pelham called his wife, told her goodbye, and said that he planned to make the police shoot him,” prosecutors wrote. “Pelham paced outside, holding a gun and yelling at police. He eventually went back inside and fired the gun several times. For their own safety, police left the property that night, and let Pelham sleep off his drinking.”
Two days later, Pelham surrendered at a local police station.
