NYPD Cop Killer gets 45 to life
A man convicted of firing the shot in a botched robbery that killed a New York City police officer was sentenced Thursday to 45 years to life in prison.
Lamont Pride was convicted this month of second-degree murder in the death of Officer Peter Figoski; he was acquitted of a more serious murder charge.
The courtroom was packed with Figoski’s family and fellow officers. The assembled also included relatives of other officers lost in the line of duty: the father and sister of Alain Schaberger, who was shoved to his death while answering a domestic violence call in 2011, and the mother of Russel Timoshenko, who was shot during a 2007 traffic stop.