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Mount Vernon man receives up to 5 years in prison for shooting 12-year-old boy
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Mount Vernon man receives up to 5 years in prison for shooting 12-year-old boy.Mount Vernon man receives up to 5 years in prison for shooting 12-year-old boy MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — A Mount Vernon man is sentenced to up to 5 years in prison Tuesday after he was found guilty of shooting a 12-year-old boy who was fishing in Linn County last July.Kevin Gouchee, 62, said he saw movement in the bushes near the Cedar River and shot at it, thinking it was "another groundhog." Gouchee was about 90 feet from the bushes when he fired a .410 shotgun loaded with birdshot.The boy was taken to the hospital, but his injuries were not life threatening.BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT Gouchee was also ordered to pay a fine of $1,025