A man who admitted shooting a police officer was sentenced to 16 years in prison as his wife faces charges of trying to help him get away with the crime, prosecutors said.

Jose Rivera, 32, pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder on October 10. In a deal with prosecutors, Rivera avoided a charge of first-degree attempted murder that carries 25 years to life in prison.

Rivera will also have five years of required supervision after he’s released from prison, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes said.

Rivera’s wife, Officer Jacqueline Melendez-Rivera, has been indicted on charges of tampering with evidence and official misconduct in the February 10 shooting.

She has pleaded not guilty and awaits trial.

Rivera shot Officer Andrew Suarez in the back during a confrontation with him and three other plainclothes officers who were on an anti-crime watch in an unmarked car in Brooklyn.

Shortly after the shooting, police said they found Mrs. Melendez-Rivera behind the wheel of a white Acura that Rivera was driving at the time of the incident. Police said she was trying to dispose of the Acura to cover her husband’s tracks.