PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After being found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2022 death of an off-duty Vancouver police officer , Julio Segura was sentenced to 29 years in prison.
He was also found guilty of second-degree murder, robbery, possession of a stolen vehicle and eluding police.
The original incident occurred the night of January 29, 2022, when off-duty Vancouver Police Officer Donald Sahota, 53, was at his home near Battle Ground. A man then entered his home and attacked him. Sahota fought with the intruder, later identified as Julio Segura, while Sahota’s wife called 911.
The altercation moved to the front porch, leading to Segura stabbing Sahota, puncturing his lung. Then, minutes later, Sahota was shot to death by Clark County Deputy Jonathan Feller, who claimed he mistook Sahota for the suspect.
Lower Columbia Major Crimes Team investigators said the stabbing “would have been life-threatening without immediate medical intervention. “ However, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy said the gunshot wounds to Sahota’s chest “were so traumatic that those were the injuries that took his life.”