- Patrick Brown was sentenced to probation for gun possession after being acquitted of a road rage-related fatal shooting.
- He admitted to shooting Darnell Brown in 2021 after the man followed him and bumped into his car.
- A judge ordered him to take an anger management course and spend 36 months on probation.
SALT LAKE CITY — A Midvale man charged following a Murray road rage incident that ended in a fatal shooting avoided a murder conviction and prison and was instead ordered to spend time on probation.
Although he was acquitted in his jury trial, Patrick Koaneil Brown, 48, will spend 36 months on probation after the judge found him guilty of possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, a second-degree felony.
At the sentencing on Nov. 5, 3rd District Judge Adam Mow suspended the statutory prison sentence of one to 15 years for the second-degree felony, instead ordering probation. He gave Brown credit for the 1,979 days — over five years — he already spent behind bars in the case. He also ordered Brown to do a cognitive behavioral course and an anger management course…