The man who missed a Tacoma Public Schools patrol officer when he shot the officer’s vehicle outside the school district’s administration building downtown was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors said during the sentencing hearing in Pierce County Superior Court that in July 2024 the officer was patrolling the Central Administration Building and was called to move along some drug users. After that, one of those people got in a vehicle that Clifford Lee Mahan was a passenger in.
“Over the next several minutes they drove around and located [the officer] and his vehicle,” deputy prosecuting attorney Brian Best said in court. “Mr. Mahan exited the vehicle with a bandana covering his face and a firearm at his side.”…