A former college professor again yesterday was sentenced to 14¹/₂ to 29 years in prison for shooting at two Mt. Lebanon police officers, wounding one, as they responded to a domestic dispute nearly three years ago.

The sentence follows a retrial for Edward Constant II, who received the same penalty after his first conviction for attempted homicide and aggravated assault on a police officer.

Daniel Rieg, a 17-year police veteran, said he was glad to see an end to the trial. He was shot once at close range with a .44-caliber Magnum revolver wielded by Constant. The bullet struck Rieg's body armor, severely bruising his chest and knocking him from the porch into the front yard.

Rieg and Officer Jeffrey Kite were the first to respond to a neighbor's call May 26, 2002, that Constant and his wife, Susan, were involved in a loud, profane domestic dispute at their home on Piper Drive in Mt. Lebanon.

The Constants objected to the police presence. He hurled derogatory slurs at the officers before retrieving his pistol and firing at them.

After Rieg found cover, he returned fire, wounding Constant in the hip.

Constant's previous conviction was overturned and he was retried this winter after it was discovered that a court official improperly advised the jury during its deliberations.

Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey A. Manning also ordered Constant to serve 10 years' probation following his prison term.

Defense attorney Paul Boas said the prison term was already a "death sentence," because Constant, 61, is in failing health.