A man who tried to smuggle drugs aboard an Amtrak train in Arizona before getting caught in a shootout that led to the deaths of his accomplice and a DEA agent has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
A man who tried to smuggle drugs aboard an Amtrak train in Arizona before getting caught inhas been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Mathis pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and two charges related to using and possessing a firearm in relation to drug trafficking."The incident was reported as a shooting just after 8 a.m. near 400 N. Toole Ave." Tucson Police tweeted on Oct. 4. "One person has been detained."
Officers were in the middle of detaining Mathis on the upper level of the double-decker car when 26-year-old Darrion Taylor pulled out a handgun and began firing. DEA Special Agent Michael Garbo was shot and killed. A second agent and a police officer were wounded.
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