KINGMAN, Ariz. – A 3.5-year prison sentence has been imposed for one Kingman man who shot another in the Walgreens parking lot in May, 2025. Nils Peters, 71, was convicted of aggravated assault in a plea agreement.
Attorneys disclosed during the July 31 sentencing hearing that Peters and the victim were both traveling to the store at Stockton Hill Road and Andy Devine Avenue when they became involved in a road rage dispute near Gas N Grub on Hualapai Mountain Road, several blocks away.
There’s no dispute that Peters exited his vehicle at Walgreen’s and was approaching the victim when they exchanged words and the victim, now 74, was shot at least three times.
Judge Billy Sipe used the hearing as a platform to make two key points. He said his career, the legal system and life in general would be less troubling if people would leave their guns at home and avoid confronting one another about nothing.
“We’d be so much better off if we just left other people alone … I wish people would just learn to mind their own business,” Sipe said. “I don’t know why people carry guns in public. We’re not at war here in Mohave County.”
Extensive suffering and pain endured by the victim was detailed in letters from the victim and his wife, and input from their grandson. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Carlos Lopez told the court that the pain is permanent and that the victim has lost mobility in one of his arms.
Defense attorney Jason Lamm has asserted that the stress of 17 years of providing health care for one parent or another led to a meltdown for Peters the day of the shooting.
“This was an unfortunate and unnecessary circumstance. There’s a lot of what if’s,” Lamm said. “What if my client didn’t snap as he did?”
Lopez and Judge Sipe said that Peters’ expression of remorse was negated by his claims that he acted in self-defense and should not be prosecuted.
