Cop killer gets life sentence

Crime WATCH

8:34 PM Thu, Mar 01, 2007 | Permalink
Michelle Homer
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A Beaumont man convicted of killing an off-duty Houston police officer will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Brandon Zachary, 21, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the capital murder of Officer Reuben De Leon.

DeLeon was shot to death during a botched robbery attempt inside a southwest Houston apartment in October 2005.



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