Overview
- Joseph Anthony Jimenez, who was sentenced Wednesday, received 40 months in federal prison after a December guilty plea to possessing a machine gun and an unregistered firearm.
- Prosecutors said he twice fired a stolen 9mm with a “Glock switch” into a field outside the base on Aug. 17, 2024, prompting Air Force guards to return fire.
- Investigators linked the base gunfire to an accidental party shooting later that day by matching shell casings, and the wounded man was treated at a local hospital.
- Jimenez admitted he shot his friend and threw the gun over an apartment fence, then was arrested Aug. 29, 2024 before a Nov. 6 federal indictment.
- Under federal law, the small “Glock switch” that lets a pistol fire automatically counts as a machine gun, which drove the charges in this case.