Man resentenced for stabbing Lincoln police officer

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A Lincoln man was sentenced again Tuesday for stabbing a police officer.

Christopher Brennauer, 49, received 26 to 33 years in prison. He has already received credit for more than five years behind bars.

On December 29, 2018, officers were called to Brennauer’s apartment near 48th and High Streets.

Brennauer was armed with a knife and stabbed Officer Kyle Russell in the chest, police said.

Russell, who survived his injury, shot Brennauer in the shoulder.

Brennauer was convicted of assault on a public servant and several other crimes in 2021, but appealed.

Last year, the Nebraska Supreme Court threw out his conviction, saying the jury had not received proper instructions.

Brennauer pleaded no contest to the new charges in September.