Police officer killed in Pennsylvania, gunman at large

a reply to: JBurns

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By: WPXI.com News Staff
Updated: February 12, 2020 - 12:29 PM

GREENSBURG, Pa. — The man convicted of killing New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw was officially sentenced to death Wednesday.

Rahmael Holt was found guilty in November and the jury unanimously decided to sentence him to death. The official sentence was handed down by a judge.The judge said she doesn’t understand how Holt got to this point. She said aside from having an absent father, Holt grew up in a loving home before starting down a criminal path at 16 years old when he was caught with a gun. When talking about Shaw, the judge said being a police officer was his dream -- something Holt took away from him after only six months on the job.

Holt is being taken to the State Correctional Institution at Rockview. That is where the judge has ordered his death by lethal injection.

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R.I.P. Officer Brian Shaw.

Closure...

a reply to: Bigburgh
This put a big smile on my face. I knew Brian when he was at Slippery Rock. My Great Niece lived in Grove City and participated in youth sports that was supported by students from Slippery Rock University and Grove City College. Brian was one of the volunteers.

a reply to: Bigburgh

Thank you for the update

My thoughts go out to the family of the fallen officer Brian Shaw

Some closure for the family of the officer. Good.

Justice is slow, but sometimes, maybe even usually, it gets the job done.

a reply to: seagull
Unless our jerk of a Governor commutes his sentence.