Tag: Cop Killers: Page 7

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Man Gets 30 Years for Killing Tribal Officer

In 2019, Cleveland pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, which carried a maximum penalty of life in prison. He also pleaded guilty to violating the conditions of his supervised release in a previous case in which he forced his way into a home on the Navajo Nation armed with a baseball bat and assaulted a woman in 2012.

July 1, 2021

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Witnesses Say Samaritan Killed in Arvada Attack Shot Cop Killer

“Actually, there were two customers that ran out and John Hurley was just faster and made it.  As some eyewitnesses say, he took down the shooter,” said store manager Stephen Cohen.

June 24, 2021

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Colorado Officers Find 4-Page Anti-Police Manifesto in Cop Killer's Apartment

A 4-page document believed to have been written by the shooter before his death was found in the suspect's apartment.

June 24, 2021

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Man who Executed LASD Deputy Gets Life without Parole

Trenton Trevon Lovell, 31, had two prior convictions and was on parole at the time of the slaying of Sgt. Steve Owen, 53, who was shot five times on Oct. 5, 2016, after responding to a burglary call in Lancaster.

May 17, 2021

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Slain TX Deputies Identified, Details of Shooting Released

Sgt. Stephen Jones and Deputy Samuel Leonard responded to a complaint about the dogs owned by the suspect when they were killed, police say.

May 12, 2021

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Shot by Cop Killer, NM Officer Got Back Up and Fought Back

Las Cruces police officer Adrian De La Garza is seen shot by suspect Omar Felix Cueva and falling to the ground, but he quickly gets up and continues firing at Cueva until he reaches the suspect's car. Cueva was killed during the shootout with officers.

April 30, 2021

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Man Convicted of Killing Off-Duty NYPD Officer Now Serving on Police Reform Panel

Richard Rivera fatally shot an NYPD officer in a Queens bar 40 years ago. He is now helping reform police in upstate New York as part of a state-mandated plan launched by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

March 30, 2021

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Boulder Shooting Suspect Faces 10 First-Degree Murder Charges

Officials said they are still working to determine a motive in the shooting.  According to Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty, the suspect lived "most of his life in the United States," though he did not provide additional information beyond that.

March 23, 2021

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Gang Member Sentenced to 65 Years Over 2019 Killing of Off-Duty Chicago Officer

Jovan Battle helped the alleged shooter, Menelik Jackson, because, as Battle told investigators, they were both members of the Gangster Disciples street gang, the judge said.

March 10, 2021

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L.A. County DA Will Not Seek Death Penalty for Accused Cop Killer

"Over the objection of Mr. (Geoff) Lewin and I and despite our attempts to prevent this from happening, we've been ordered to remove the death penalty as punishment consideration in this case," Deputy District Attorney Garrett Dameron said during a hearing on the case today at the Norwalk courthouse.

February 19, 2021

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Man Accused of Fatally Ramming Retiring FL Deputy Faces Murder Charge

Travis Zachary Garrett, 28, intentionally plowed his car into the marked patrol car of LaVigne earlier this month, meriting the capital felony charge of first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer, State Attorney Andrew Warren said.

January 22, 2021

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Trump Commutes Sentence of Man Convicted of Ordering Murder of NY Officer

Jamie Davidson was serving a life sentence for his role in the murder of Officer Wallie Howard Jr. He was convicted in 1993.

January 21, 2021