A Marshalltown man has been sentenced for shooting a Waterloo man and robbing him of his drugs last year, according to the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. 21 year old Jimai “Tutu” Pal was sentenced to 10 years in prison on a reduced charge of second degree Robbery. A five year sentence for Felon in Possession of a Firearm will be served concurrently. A friend of Pal’s set up a meeting with Nycholas Thompson at Sullivan Park to buy marijuana in September of last year. At the meeting, the friend pulled a gun on Thompson, Thompson then pulled his own gun. Pal then jumped on Thompson and in the struggle Thompson was shot in the abdomen. Pal grabbed Thompson’s gun and marijuana and fled. Officers later found the weapon and the drugs in nearby bushes. Thompson survived the shooting. Pal’s friend was not charged in the incident.
