The Indiana man who admitted to shooting at an Uber carrying his pregnant girlfriend after she tried to get away from him following an argument will spend the next several years behind bars.

As Law&Crime previously reported , Michael Ward told his girlfriend before the April 17 shooting , which occurred just before 8:55 a.m., that he was coming after her.

"I'm going to get my gun and cash out," he said, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by The Journal Gazette . Police said that the statement amounted to a threat. He was ultimately charged with attempted murder and other gun offenses after he opened fire using an AR-style rifle on the Uber his girlfriend had called following their fight.

On Thursday, he was sentenced to six years behind bars.

He had accepted a plea deal l

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