Man meant to be deported in 2016 sentenced to 45 years in prison for attempted murder of Colorado officer
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A Colorado jury sentenced a man convicted of shooting a Colorado Springs police officer and leaving him brain-damaged in 2018 to 45 years in prison on Thursday, according to reports.
Al Khammasi is an Iraqi refugee who was supposed to be deported in 2016 for a felony trespassing conviction but he was allowed to stay because of a change in the law, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette.
He was convicted of first-degree attempted murder in June. He was also convicted of assault on a police officer, menacing and illegal possession of a weapon, according to FOX 21.
"This case really speaks to the dangers that law enforcement encounter every single day," District Attorney Michael Allen said Thursday. "And it's not in the streets of New York City or Los Angeles; it's even right here in Colorado Springs."
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