Though he wasn’t on duty, the Jacksonville, Fla. officer tried to pull over Kevin Rojas, who was then 19, the Associated Press reports.
That’s when Rojas got out of his white Cadillac and started shooting at the officer, police said. The officer was sporting a ballistic vest that said “police” on it at the time, WLTV reports.
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“When I see the car door opening, I start to look behind me to go open my door,” the officer testified. “That’s when I hear the gunshots, and the glass shattering. … When he shoots me in the head, I get a whiplash back. I see the blood splatter. At this time, I know — I realize I got shot.”
It will be 25 years before Rojas can be considered for parole, according to News4Jax.
“Obviously that day changed my life, and it will never be the same,” the officer, who hasn’t been named to protect his undercover work, said in court, News4Jax reports.
The judge handed down the maximum prison sentence for each of the crimes Rojas was convicted of, according to the Times-Union.
“I’m pretty sure Mr. Rojas doesn’t understand what the rest of his life means,” Judge James Daniel said Wednesday, the Times-Union reports.
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