A Franklin County man will spend two decades in prison for attacking his mother.

On March 1, 2018, a struggle broke out between Jeffery Herrell and his mother. During the struggle, he stabbed his mother with a knife and shot her in the back of the head. Herrell’s mother survived and fled to a neighbor’s house for help.

Herrell was originally charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. He pleaded guilty to a single charge of aggravated battery with a firearm and was sentenced to 20 years.