JUST IN: The man convicted of killing Officer Jonathan De Guzman was sentenced to death.
A man who shot two San Diego police officers, one of whom died, was sentenced to death Friday.
At Gomez's sentencing hearing, San Diego Superior Court Judge Frederick Link adopted the jury's recommendation of death and rejected the contention that Gomez did not realize he was shooting at officers.In a statement to the court and De Guzman's family, Gomez said he was"truly sorry" for what happened, but stood by his account of how the shooting occurred.
Prosecutors said the two officers were patrolling Acacia Grove Way just before 11 p.m. when they spotted Gomez and another man split up and start walking along the north and south sidewalks of the street. Irwin testified that after they followed Gomez at slow speeds in their patrol car, he got out of the vehicle and asked Gomez something to the effect of"Do you live around here?"
He testified that, fearing for his life, he opened fire on the"silhouette" of the man who posed the question, as well as the car. When asked to describe what was running through his mind at the time, he said,"I thought gang members were going to shoot and kill me."
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