A former police officer in Virginia was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for fatally shooting a man after a struggle in which the man got hold of a stun gun and used it on officers.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) A former police officer in Virginia was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for fatally shooting a man after a struggle in which the man got hold of a stun gun and used it on officers.
A Newport News police sergeant convicted of voluntary manslaughter in a 2019 shooting death was sentenced to 11 years in prison, five of which are suspended.
Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew reacts to one of his former sergeants being convicted of voluntary manslaughter for a deadly shooting back in 2019.