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Iraqi refugee gets 45 years for police officer’s shooting

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for shooting a Colorado Springs police officer in the head. The Gazette reports Karrar Noaman Al Khammasi was convicted in June of attempted murder and other charges and was sentenced Thursday for the 2018 shooting that left officer Cem Duzel with a serious brain injury. Prosecutors say Al Khammasi shot Duzel while drunkenly firing at police after he was kicked out of an Uber car for being “handsy.” Duzel and other officers were responding to reports of shots fired in a neighborhood near the Olympic Training Center when they encountered Al Khammasi.

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