A Roxbury man was sentenced to serve up to 22 years behind bars for shooting of two men at a popular Tremont Street bar two years ago, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

Adopting the recommendation of Assistant District Attorney Nicholas Walsh, Superior Court Judge Thomas Connolly sentenced NATHAN KINNEY (D.O.B. 2/26/84) to serve 10 to 12 years in state prison for the charge of armed assault with intent to murder, four to five years for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and three to five years for unlawfully possessing the firearm he used to shoot a patron and a doorman at Slade’s Bar and Grill on the morning of Nov. 22, 2008. Connolly ordered the sentences to run consecutive from one another.

“This defendant threatened the life of his intended victim, could have killed an innocent bystander, and put at risk everyone on the street that night,” Conley said. “This sentence was appropriately harsh and we hope it sends a message to the defendant and anyone else who would use a gun on our streets.”

Prior to sentencing, Walsh noted that Kinney’s behavior “was excessively violent and escalated a fistfight into a shooting.” He also said that both victims “are lucky to be alive,” but that one of the victims has suffered “lasting damage to his leg because of the location of the bullet” including pain and loss of motion.

Walsh successfully proved that Kinney and EDWARD MOON (D.O.B. 4/2/86) of Dorchester entered Slade’s together at about 11:30 p.m. but that Kinney left before his friend. At about 2:00 a.m., when the establishment closed, Moon became involved in a fight with a 33-year-old Brighton man.

Walsh proved that Kinney, who had remained in the area outside the bar, left in a silver Chrysler 300 and returned a short time later, only to reengage the altercation. As Moon grappled with the victim, Walsh demonstrated, Kinney pulled a handgun, fired multiple times, and hit both the victim and a doorman. Both aggressors fled the scene.

The primary victim was hospitalized at Boston Medical Center with gunshot wounds to the right side of his back and his right arm. The doorman was struck in the lower hip and transported to Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Moon was apprehended by Boston Police the next day. Kinney fled to Alabama and was apprehended in March 2009. He is currently serving two and a half years in jail for his role in the fracas.

Kinney was represented at trial by attorney John Tardiff. Jessica Sheehan was the victim-witness advocate assigned to the case.