Guilty Verdict in Death Penalty Trial in Officer’s Slaying

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a New Kensington police officer almost two years ago. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against 31-year-old Rahmael Sal Holt in the November 2017 slaying of officer Brian Shaw. Prosecutors contend Holt was an armed drug dealer who had planned to rob the driver of the SUV that Shaw attempted to stop in New Kensington on the night of the shooting. Holt has maintained that he wasn’t the person who fired.


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