Burglar Gets Prison in Cop-Shoots-Cop Chase

A man has been sentenced to one and a half years in prison for breaking into the car of an off-duty New York City police officer who was later killed in a friendly fire shooting. Miguel Goitia was sentenced on Wednesday in a court in Manhattan. He pled guilty to criminal mischief in September.

Officer Omar Edwards was killed on May 28th, when officer Andrew Dunton saw Edwards chasing the thief with his gun drawn. Dunton mistook Edwards for an armed suspect and fired, killing him. The shooting raised some questions about racial profiling during an internal investigation, as Dunton is white and Edwards was black. A grand jury later voted not to indict Dunton.

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