The man whose robbery of a Queens cell phone store led to the "friendly fire" by police officers that killed NYPD Det. Brian Simonsen in February 2019 was sentenced Nov. 17 to 33 years in prison.
Christopher Ransom, 30, pleaded guilty last month to aggravated manslaughter and robbery before Queens Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Holder in connection with the fateful robbery that precipitated a shootout involving as many as eight officers, including Detective Simonsen, 42. Mr. Ransom, formerly of Brooklyn, had also pleaded guilty to robbery in the second degree for a separate hold-up four days before the fatal Feb. 12 encounter.
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