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Christian Bey Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murdering An Off-Duty Pittsburgh Police Officer In 2019

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Christian Bey Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murdering An Off-Duty Pittsburgh Police Officer In 2019 (PHOTO: CBS News)

Christian Bey was convicted shooting that leads to the off-duty Pittsburgh police officer’s death in a street confrontation four years ago and has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Christian Bey

Christian Bey Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murdering An Off-Duty Pittsburgh Police Officer In 2019 (PHOTO: Fox News)

Christian Bey Killed An Off Duty Police Officer In 2019

34 years old Christian Bey of Wilkinsburg was sentenced Monday in Allegheny County Court to a life term in the July 2019 shooting of 36-year-old Officer Calvin Hall.

Pittsburgh police officer died three days after he was shot following a dispute at a Homewood block party. During the incident Hall, who was off-duty at the time and was visiting his friends on the street.

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Christian Bey Was Sentenced To An Additional 8 To 17 Years In Prison

Christian Bey also was sentenced Monday to an additional 8 and a half to 17 years in prison on firearms charges. Jurors deliberated for less than seven hours in April before he was condemned of first-degree murder and the firearms counts for killing Calvin Hall. He refused to say anything on his behalf before he was sentenced, FoxNews reported.

In April, the defense attorneys had asked that jurors be permitted to consider a verdict of voluntary manslaughter, which would include the possibility of self-defense or defense of others.
The judge rejected it, saying no evidence of that had been introduced. Defense attorney Carmen Robinson said after the verdict that she believed there would be issues to appeal.

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