Man sentenced for shooting officer at Church of the Highlands: ‘Lord, please forgive me’

It was an emotional morning in a Jefferson County courtroom Tuesday as a 22-year-old man was sentenced to prison for a 2020 shooting that critically injured a Birmingham police officer.

Jahmari Wright was 16 years old when he shot Det. John Finke, who was working security at Church of the Highlands in Woodlawn.

The shooting happened on Sunday morning, Jan. 26, 2020, when Finke confronted two robbery suspects – Wright and Chris Burke, who is now 31…

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