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Man sentenced to 8 years in prison for role in carjacking, shooting of Dallas officer

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Published  January 7, 2025 5:07pm CST
Dallas
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PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Dallas police officer gets in shootout with carjackers

Officer Nathaniel Chapman was in an unmarked car conducting surveillance near Northwest Highway and Harry Hines Boulevard when a car pulled up behind him, blocking him in.

The Brief

    • A second person has been sentenced in connection to the carjacking and shooting of a Dallas police officer.
    • Xavier Cook was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
    • A third suspect in the case is awaiting trial.

DALLAS - One of three men arrested for carjacking and shooting an undercover Dallas police officer was sentenced to prison.

Louisiana man sentenced

What we know:

Xavier Cook, 19, pleaded guilty to an armed robbery charge in the shooting that injured undercover Dallas police officer Nathaniel Chapman.

Cook was sentenced to 8 years in prison for the crime.

Xavier Cook (Source: Dallas County Jail)

Cook is the second person sentenced in connection to the shooting.

Redtravion Polk was sentenced to 30 years in prison last month.

A third person, Redricous Lewis, is still awaiting trial.

Undercover police officer shooting 

The backstory:

In August 2023, Chapman was in an unmarked Dodge Challenger conducting surveillance when he was confronted by three suspects.

Video from a nearby building show muzzle flashes from the guns of the suspects as Chapman backed away from his car, before returning fire.

Chapman was hit in the leg.

The men took Chapman's car and drove off. The vehicle was found abandoned a short distance away.

Dallas police said evidence from the crime scene was able to connect the suspects to Louisiana.

Cook, Polk and Lewis were arrested in Shreveport just hours after the shooting.

The Source: Information in this article comes from Dallas court documents and past FOX 4 coverage.

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