A Tennessee National Guard recruiter convicted of wounding three people inside an armory has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Amos Patton was sentenced on Thursday.

He was convicted in February of nine charges, including four counts of assault with a firearm with intent to commit murder.

Authorities said Patton was angry after learning he was being removed from his job because a female soldier had accused him of sexual assault.

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Sentenced: Authorities said Amos Patton, pictured, was angry after learning he was being removed from his job because a female soldier had accused him of sexual assault

This September 2014 photo shows (from left to right) Lt. Col. Hunter Belcher, Maj. William Crawford, Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Crawford and Sgt. 1st Class Fred Mize III. The National Guard said Belcher and the two Crawfords received the Soldier's Medal for how they responded to the October 2013 situation

Patton pulled a gun from a fanny pack and began shooting inside the Millington armory on October 24, 2013.

He was apprehended after fleeing on foot, according to reports.

The Associated Press reported in February 2015 the defense argued bullets sprayed after an officer seized Patton, who they said planned to take his own life.

The Commerical Appeal wrote 'Prosecutors argued the shooting was premeditated and intentional.'

The Associated Press earlier reported Lt. Col. Hunter Belcher's back and leg had been grazed by two bullets, Maj. William Crawford's thigh had been shot, and Sgt. Major Ricky McKenzie's foot had been shot in the incident.

Crawford, via the Commercial Appeal, was at the sentencing and said 'What really hits hard on me and probably every soldier in this room is the question of why... And also with our families...

Wounded: Sgt. Major Ricky McKenzie, whose foot had been shot in the incident, has said 'I hold no malice towards him, but he broke the law, and when you broke the law, you have to serve the time'

'When you look at your 8-year old and you tell them you've been shot and one of them looks at you and says, "Are you going to die, daddy?"'

The newspaper quoted Judge John T. Fowlkes Jr. as saying the crime was serious even though no one was killed.

Addressing the court, Patton, according to the Commercial Appeal, said 'I pray for the victims and their families every single day... I ask for forgiveness.'

Speaking to WMC outside, McKenzie said 'I hold no malice towards him, but he broke the law, and when you break the law, you have to serve the time.'

'We are pleased with the verdict,' Belcher told WREG. 'I know it's been tougher on [family] than on the soldiers themselves. It is something they have to deal with.'