Man sentenced in attack on police officer

Published October 21, 2010 4:00am ET



A 38-year-old Fredericksburg, Va., man was sentenced to 29 years in prison for trying to rob and then shooting an off-duty D.C. police officer in December 2003.

Eddie L. Mathis Jr. was convicted of assault and weapons charges by a D.C. Superior Court jury in July.

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