In April 2022, two Phoenix officers responded to a gas station near Cave Creek and Beardsley roads. Cowan shot one of the officers, who survived.

The man who opened fire on officers, injuring one of them at a north Phoenix gas station in 2022, has learned his fate. In court Friday, a judge sentenced Nicholas Cowan to 68 years in prison after he was convicted of two counts of attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer,

Nicholas Cowan opened fire on officers at a gas station while they responded to a call from his girlfriend, prosecutors say.