The video aired on April 7, 2023, following the defendant’s arrest. QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — The man accused of shooting an NYPD officer in April 2023 was sentenced to 39 years to life in prison, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Monday.

Devin Spraggins was sentenced to 39 years to life for the 2023 shooting of NYPD Officer Brett Boller in Queens.

A menacing Queens bus rider convicted of shooting a rookie NYPD cop after an altercation with a fellow passenger was sentenced to at least 39 years in prison on Monday as a courtroom filled with angry cops looked on.

Dozens of officers packed a Queens criminal courtroom on Monday where Devin Spraggins was sentenced to 39 years to life.

A man who shot a rookie NYPD officer in Queens in April of last year was sentenced on Monday, officials said. On April 5 of last year, Devin Spraggins shot NYPD officer Brett Boller and was shot in broad daylight while he and his partner responded to reports that Spraggins had assaulted a fellow passenger on an MTA bus in Jamaica near the intersection of 161st Street and Jamaica Avenue.