A man was sentenced to 80 years in prison after he shot a woman and her 6-year-old child in March.

Judge John Board found Rondell Takare Jones, 35, guilty of two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, authorities said Tuesday.

About 9:30 p.m. March 28, Jones shot Alisha Gooden in the shoulder and in the leg with a 9 mm handgun. He also shot a 6-year-old boy in the leg, an act he claimed was an accident. The incident took place in the 2700 block of Magnolia Street.

The shooting occurred after Gooden woke Jones and told him he had to move out of the house, 47th District Attorney Randall Sims said. Jones came out of the bedroom with the handgun and fired several shots at Gooden, who was sitting on a couch in the living room.

"The defendant pled guilty to the case in regards to the mother being shot but not guilty to the child because he did not feel like he was intending to shoot him," Sims said.

Jones was charged with two enhanced counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Jones chose to have a bench trial and was sentenced to two concurrent 80-year prison sentences.

Board found Jones guilty of both counts through a legal doctrine known as "transferred intent," Sims said.

"The law states that if I'm intending to shoot one person and I hit another, I'm as guilty as if I hit the person I was intending to shoot," he said.

Jones was previously convicted of arson in Houston and was imprisoned from 2000 to 2010.

He will be eligible for parole in 30 years, Sims said.