(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – In Butte County Court yesterday, 21-year-old Jaden Hollowell of Chico was sentenced to 9-years-to-life for the attempted murder of a Yuba City man.

The incident occurred a year ago this month, when the Yuba City man traveled to Chico for a marijuana sale to Hollowell, who, along with his 17-year-old accomplice, lured the man into the parking lot of an apartment complex. There, a gun was pulled with the intention of stealing the marijuana. Hollowell pulled the trigger, shooting the Yuba City man in the face, paralyzing him from the chest down.

Hollowell claimed he thought the Yuba City man was pulling a gun on him, saying that’s why he pulled the trigger. There was a pistol shaped lighter in the Yuba City man’s vehicle.