NEW: Former Florida police officer sentenced to 25 years in prison for manslaughter and attempted murder in the deadly shooting of Corey Jones in 2015.
in the fatal shooting of a stranded black motorist in 2015.
Nouman Raja is brought into the courtroom for sentencing Thursday, April 25, 2019 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Raja, a former Palm Beach Gardens police officer, was convicted on one count each of manslaughter by culpable negligence and first-degree attempted murder. He shot and killed stranded motorist Corey Jones Oct. 18, 2015.Jones was returning home from a nightclub performance early on the morning of Oct. 18, 2015, when his SUV broke down on an off-ramp of Interstate 95.
He was wearing jeans, a T-shirt and a baseball cap because he was investigating auto burglaries. His sergeant testified at a hearing that he told Raja to wear a vest marked"police" if he confronted anyone, but the vest was found inside the unmarked van.
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