A 26-year-old drug dealer was sentenced to 65 years in prison Thursday for a 2011 shooting that injured three people, the Fulton County District Attorney's Office said.

Cedric Darnell Thompson of Atlanta was convicted on aggravated battery, aggravated assault and weapons charges last week for the Oct. 8, 2011 incident at the Forest Cove apartment complex in southeast Atlanta.

Witnesses testified that Thompson told a crowd of people in the courtyard that anyone caught selling drugs in his territory would owe him a cut, prosecutors said.

Someone laughed, angering Thompson, who went to get a gun, then opened fire. Thompson hit three people — a man was shot in the thigh, a 14-year-old girl was shot in the foot, and a 32-year-old woman protecting her children was shot in the arm, authorities said.

Thompson fled and was later arrested thanks to eyewitness identification, the DA's office said.

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