Oklahoma City officer gets 10 years for fatal shooting

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma City police sergeant has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the shooting death of an unarmed, suicidal man.

A jury convicted Keith Sweeney last month of second-degree murder for the 2017 killing of Dustin Pigeon. Prosecutors say Pigeon was unarmed and did not pose a threat when Sweeney opened fire.

Attorneys for Sweeney say the officer truly believed that Sweeney had a knife.

A judge on Wednesday followed the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Sweeney to a decade in prison.