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The suspect in the July killing of an upstate New York police officer was released from prison two months ago and could face life in prison without parole under new charges prosecutors announced Wednesday. have a nature
Kelvin Vickers, 21, killed Rochester police officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz, 54, and injured Sino Sen police officer in the July 21 attacks, and was charged with aggravated murder and murder when the two were seated in a chair. He was indicted on eight counts of attempted assault, assault and weapons charges. unmarked vehicle. A funeral for the fallen officer was held on Monday.
Investigators said the shooter, unprovoked, approached from behind and fired at least 17 shots, including one that broke into a nearby house and injured a 15-year-old girl.
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Vickers, a native of Boston, has a long criminal record, having been accused of assaulting and assaulting a police officer since he was 12, said Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doory.
At a press conference Wednesday with other officials, Dooley said the Vickers juvenile’s record includes robbery, strangulation with a lethal weapon, assault with a lethal weapon, and two firearm offenses. As an adult, he served a two-and-a-half to three-year prison sentence for unlicensed weapons possession and was released by the Massachusetts Department of Corrections on May 24.
Aggravated murder carries a mandatory life sentence with no possibility of parole. Doary said it was backed up by evidence suggesting the shooter knew, or should have known, that Mazurkiewicz and Sen were police officers.
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She declined to discuss possible motives for the July attack. Authorities said the two officers were part of a plainclothes unit investigating the murder.
“This is not only a nightmare for (the police) and the Mazurkiewicz family, but also for our city,” Mayor Malik Evans said at a press conference.
The killing came on the same day Evans declared a state of emergency over gun violence in the medium-sized city.
An hour after the shooting, Vickers was found in a nearby abandoned house. He has pleaded not guilty to first counts of second-degree murder, attempted murder, assault, and a weapon and is being held without bail.
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“He was never a Rochester resident. Just released from prison. He’s here and accused of murdering a police officer,” Doory said.