A member of the 211 Crew prison gang once arrested for possible ties to the murder of the former Colorado prison chief has been sentenced to 28 years in prison after pleading guilty to the attempted murder of a Colorado Springs police officer.

District Judge Gregory Werner accepted Thomas James Guolee’s plea deal Thursday in which 18 felony charges were dismissed in exchange for his guilty plea to attempted murder of a police officer, according to district court records.

On Dec. 30, Guolee, 35, attempted to burglarize the Sierra Springs Drive home of a former Colorado Department of Corrections officer.

When police arrived at the home, Guolee allegedly fired his gun at an officer. The officer was not struck, and a car chase ensued.

Guolee was wounded in the thigh in a subsequent confrontation with police.

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February 20, 2016 Last of 3 fugitive parolees linked to 211 Crew recaptured Guolee was arrested for a parole violation in April 2013 during an investigation into the shooting death of former Colorado Department of Corrections Executive Director Tom Clements.

Records obtained from the Texas Rangers indicated he was in telephone communication with Clements’ shooter Evan Ebel, a 211 Crew member on parole, on the day of the murder in the days before and after the killing.

El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder has said there is no evidence anyone besides Ebel was involved in Clements’ murder and that he intends to close the murder investigation.