Norwalk Man In Mass Shooting Case Sentenced To Prison: Report

STAMFORD, CT — Brandon Wagshol, the 23-year-old Norwalk man who police said showed an interest in committing a mass shooting, was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison as part of a plea deal with prosecutors, reported The Hour.

Wagshol was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Gary White in Stamford, who gave Wagshol a 10-year sentence, suspended after he serves four years. In addition to prison, White also sentenced Wagshol to serve five years of probation following his incarceration, and he must register with a deadly weapon registry which would prohibit him from owning guns.

He was given the sentence after agreeing to plead guilty to second-degree assault and illegal possession of high-capacity (gun) magazines.

Prosecutors reportedly had sought at least five years in prison.

In August 2019, Norwalk police detectives, who were assisted in the investigation by federal authorities, had accused Wagshol of trying to build a rifle and obtain high-capacity magazines via the internet from out-of-state sources.

At the time, police seized an arsenal of firearms from the Bedford Avenue home where Wagshol lived with his father; the weapons were registered to his father.

In early 2020, while he was out on bail following the August 2019 arrest, police arrested Wagshol and said he assaulted his father with a pipe. He has been in custody nearly a year and half.

Read The Hour story.