(Associated Press) A man who claimed he was acting in self-defense when he fired shots into a busy northwestern Indiana Walmart store has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Alex C. Hughes, 27, of Gary was sentenced Wednesday after being convicted in November of felony criminal recklessness.

The September 2018, shooting in Hobart shattered a Walmart store window and frightened shoppers.

A 26-year-old Gary man and his then-9-year-old son were wounded during a shootout between Hughes and a man who accompanied Hawthorne and others to the store.

The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports that police said Hughes and Hawthorne were members of rival Gary gangs.