VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A man will serve 58 years in prison after being found guilty of attempted aggravated murder and other charges related to a 2023 shooting at a Virginia Beach police officer in a Kohl’s parking lot.
Tyler Lynn Davis, 26, had been sentenced to 93 years in prison, but 35 years of the sentence was suspended. Davis was also found guilty of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, grand larceny and conspiracy to commit grand larceny following a three-day jury trial last October. He pleaded guilty in December to another charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted violent felon.
The sentencing, announced by Commonwealth’s Attorney Colin D. Stolle Thursday, follows an October 2023 incident in which Davis shot at an officer during a shoplifting escape at Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach.
The incident began on Oct. 20, 2023, when Davis and three other people arrived at the Kohl’s located in what was then known as Pembroke Mall…