A man who shot at a Pierce County sheriff’s sergeant in Graham and then fled at over 100 mph, firing at another driver before intentionally crashing his vehicle into a deep ravine, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years, three months in prison.
Juan Jose Carbajal was experiencing paranoid delusions at the time, according to psychological evaluations, and in court his defense attorney, Michael Stewart described how he had been mentally decompensating over the past several years. On the day of the incident, July 4, 2022, Stewart said Carbajal thought the world was coming to an end.
Carbajal believed Fourth of July fireworks were the “world war apocalyptic event” he had always believed would come about, according to the defense’s sentencing memorandum, and he saw shadows and people surrounding his house. Having heard of a place called “Home” — there is a town with that name on the Key Peninsula — Carbajal fled his residence to seek refuge…