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A Fredericksburg man who attacked a city police officer with a box cutter last year for no apparent reason was ordered Friday to serve 20 years in prison.

Joseph Louis Jackson, 25, was sentenced in Fredericksburg Circuit Court to a total of 45 years, with 25 years suspended. He had previously pleaded guilty to attempted capital murder and unlawful wounding.

The evidence presented by prosecutor Justin Witt showed that officer David Cabrera went to a home on Airport Avenue on July 23 in response to a reported domestic dispute involving Jackson and his older brother, who had called the police. Jackson was free on bond at the time on a charge resulting from an earlier altercation involving his brother, who has since died.

Footage from Cabrera’s body camera played in court Friday showed that just after Cabrera knocked on the door, Jackson came barreling out of the house swinging the box cutter. Cabrera suffered wounds to his face and chest from the attack, and his pain was clear in the audio.

Cabrera was able to fire three shots at Jackson while backing away from the surprise attack and later fired two more as Jackson was coming out of a window. It was not clear if any of the shots connected, though Jackson did have a foot injury when he was apprehended several hours later on Dixon Street, not far from the house.