California man gets life in prison in Montana deputy's death
In this June 7, 2018, file photo, is Lloyd Barrus, left, alongside his defense attorney, Craig Shannon, appearing before District Court Judge Kathy Seeley in the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse in Helena. Barrus was convicted on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, of accountability to deliberate homicide in the shooting death of Broadwater County Sheriff's Deputy Mason Moore on May 16, 2017. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP)
TOWNSEND (AP) — A California man was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for his role in the death of a Montana sheriff's deputy, who prosecutors said was shot by the defendant's son after being provoked into a high-speed chase.
District Judge Kathy Seeley sentenced Lloyd Barrus to three life terms to be served concurrently after he was found guilty by a jury of accountability to deliberate homicide in the May 2017 death of Broadwater County Deputy Mason Moore...
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