Man sentenced to 40 years overall in Memphis officer killing

(AP) — A man who fatally shot Memphis' first female police officer killed in the line of duty was sentenced Tuesday to a total of 40 years in prison on an array of charges.

Twenty-five-year-old Treveno Campbell was sentenced to 25 years for his second-degree murder conviction in the December 2012 shooting death of Officer Martoiya Lang, a 32-year-old mother of four.

Lang was shot as she and five other officers broke into Campbell's rental home trying to serve a drug warrant on a person who wasn't actually there.

Campbell also was sentenced by Shelby County Criminal Court Judge James Beasley to another eight years for attempted second-degree murder, six additional years for using a firearm while committing a felony and one more year on a marijuana count.

Sentences for another attempted second-degree murder count, plus reckless endangerment and additional weapons and drug charges, will run at the same time as the 40-year prison term, Beasley ruled.

Defense attorneys argued that Campbell was startled awake by people crashing through the front door and he fired wildly out of fear, thinking he was facing a home invasion.

[...] Beasley said Campbell — who did not have a criminal record before the shooting — should serve an extended time in prison because he was selling drugs and possessing a loaded gun to protect himself, his drugs and his money.