Posted on: December 03, 2024 09:25 AM

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Man sentenced to at least 39 years for shooting NYPD cop in Queens bus seat clash

Amenacing Queens bus rider convicted of shooting a rookie NYPD cop after an altercation with a fellow passenger was sentenced to at least 39 years in prison on Monday as a courtroom filled with angry cops looked on.

Gunman Devin Spraggins was convicted last month of attempted murder for shooting Officer Brett Boller for intervening in a petty fight over a bus seat in Jamaica.Boller, 22 at the time, was just months into his dream job as an NYPD officer when he crossed paths with the armed transient who shot him in the hip. Officials said Boller was fortunate to survive.

“A police officer has spent over a year with surgeries and physical therapy recovering from getting shot, and only by a twist of fate was not killed,”said Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.