(Harrisburg, Pa.) The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence of a man convicted in the 2017 murder of New Kensington police officer Brian Shaw.
A Westmoreland County jury in 2019 had recommended the death penalty for Rahmael Holt after convicting him of murder of a law enforcement officer in the first degree.
Shaw, 25, was shot during a foot pursuit after a traffic stop on Leishman Avenue in New Kensington on Nov. 17, 2017.
Prosecutors said Holt was a passenger in the vehicle, and that he shot Shaw while running from the traffic stop.
Holt won’t be put to death anytime soon as there is currently a moratorium on the death penalty in Pennsylvania by order of Gov. Tom Wolf.