Valez and Pride are also caught on surveillance cameras in the neighborhood fleeing the crime scene, including one that allegedly shows Mr. Pride ditching the murder weapon under a car, Mr. Taub said.

WSJ: Trial Opens in Slaying of Officer

Mr. Pride chose to shoot, firing a single shot that killed Officer Peter Figoski in the early morning hours of Dec. 12, 2011, prosecutor Kenneth Taub told a jury on the first day of a joint murder trial against Mr. Pride and Michael Valez, the alleged getaway driver that night.

WSJ: Trial Opens in Slaying of Officer

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The jury convicted Mr. Pride of burglary, aggravated manslaughter and second-degree murder, a lesser charge that carries a sentence of 25 years to life in prison.

WSJ: Officer's Murder Accidental, Jury Finds

The focus of the three-week trial had hinged on whether Mr. Pride, who has a lengthy criminal record, fired a 9mm handgun with the intent to murder a police officer, a crime that carries a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

WSJ: Officer's Murder Accidental, Jury Finds