Ex-Pentagon officer sentenced to 25 years for killing 2 men in Takoma Park
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A former Pentagon police officer was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for shooting and killing two men in Takoma Park, Maryland, after he believed they were breaking into cars in his condo parking lot.
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A former Pentagon police officer was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for shooting and killing two men in Takoma Park, Maryland, after he believed they were breaking into cars in his condo parking lot.
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