Man pretended to buy peanuts before blasting store clerk over and over, shot her again while she lay wounded on the floor — and now he’s headed to prison

An Arizona man is headed to prison for decades after going on a violent rampage that included shooting a convenience store clerk over and over as she ran for her life, including blasting her as she lay wounded on the floor.

Trey Waters, 34, has been sentenced to 65 years in prison after a jury convicted him of a string of armed robberies and violent attacks in Phoenix, according to a press release sent out Tuesday by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.

The shooting of the Minute Mart clerk who tried to flee unfolded after Waters pulled his gun on the woman while pretending to buy peanuts. Waters also shot a man in the neck and duct-taped a woman during a hotel robbery, in addition to robbing and beating a food vendor…

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