Man receives 40-year sentence for wounding Oklahoma officer

 


TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A 35-year-old man convicted of wounding a Tulsa police officer in a shooting last year has been sentenced to 40 years in a federal prison.

John Terry Chatman Jr. was sentenced Tuesday in connection with a July 3, 2018, shooting in which Tulsa Police Sgt. Mike Parsons was wounded in the parking lot of a convenience store.

Parsons was wounded after officers asked Chatman for identification after they spotted him driving a mini-van with a license plate that was registered to a different vehicle. Prosecutors say Chatman refused to exit his vehicle and shot Parsons with a h...



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