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FILE - In this Friday, March 13, 2020, file photo, Shomari Legghette listens as the jury finds him guilty of first-degree murder in the Feb. 13, 2018, killing of Chicago Police Cmdr. Paul Bauer, at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. Legghette was sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, to life in prison. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Man gets life term for murder of Chicago police commander

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Attorney Scott Kamin speaks during opening statements in the trial of his client, Shomari Legghette, right, during Legghette's murder trial on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. Legghette's accused of killing Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer on Feb. 13, 2018. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

Self-defense? Man stands trial in killing of Chicago officer

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Inmates who clapped for cop death suspect may face reprisals

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Chicago Police Department shows Shomari Legghette. Legghette has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Chicago Police Commander Paul Bauer. Bauer was killed after a foot chase Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in downtown Chicago. He was shot in the head by a suspect carrying a semi-automatic handgun equipped with an extended clip of ammunition, a police official told The Associated Press. Bauer had been on the police force for 31 years. (Chicago Police Department via AP)

Prosecutor: Slain police commander was shot 6 times

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

In this Feb. 23, 2016 photo, then Chicago police Capt. Paul Bauer takes part in the arrest of a protester outside an Apple store on Magnificent Mile in Chicago. Promoted to commander, Bauer, 53, a 31-year veteran of the department, was fatally shot Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in downtown Chicago after he spotted a man matching the radio description of an armed suspect officers were chasing on foot, the city's police superintendent said. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Suspect in Chicago police death charged with murder

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press