Man Convicted of Killing Nebraska Police Officer

Man Convicted of Killing Nebraska Police Officer
Felipe Vazquez listens as a jury finds him guilty of first-degree murder in the 2020 shooting death of a Lincoln, Neb. police investigator in Columbus, Neb. on March 22, 2022. Justin Wan/Lincoln Journal Star via AP
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COLUMBUS, Neb.—A young man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2020 shooting death of a Lincoln police investigator who was among officers serving an arrest warrant in a homicide case.

A jury returned guilty verdicts Monday on the murder count as well as assault, escape and several weapons counts against 19-year-old Felipe Vazquez, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. He faces a mandatory prison term of life, plus 194 years, when he’s sentenced May 25 for the death of investigator Luis “Mario” Herrera.