The video aired on April 7, 2023, following the defendant’s arrest. QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — The man accused of shooting an NYPD officer in April 2023 was sentenced to 39 years to life in prison, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Monday.

Devin Spraggins stood emotionless inside a Queens courtroom Monday as state Supreme Court Justice Judge Kenneth Holder ordered him to serve 39 years to life behind bars after being found guilty of attempting to murder a police officer last year.

A menacing Queens bus rider convicted of shooting a rookie NYPD officer after an altercation with a passenger was sentenced to nearly 40 years in prison on Monday as a courtroom filled with angry

Dozens of officers packed a Queens criminal courtroom on Monday where Devin Spraggins was sentenced to 39 years to life.

Devin Spraggins was sentenced to 39 years to life for the 2023 shooting of NYPD Officer Brett Boller in Queens.

A man who shot a rookie NYPD officer in Queens in April of last year was sentenced on Monday, officials said. On April 5 of last year, Devin Spraggins shot NYPD officer Brett Boller and was shot in broad daylight while he and his partner responded to reports that Spraggins had assaulted a fellow passenger on an MTA bus in Jamaica near the intersection of 161st Street and Jamaica Avenue.