Missouri woman gets 20 years for role in police officer's death
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Missouri woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday for her role in the murder of a Clinton police officer in March 2018.
Tammy Widger, 38, was convicted of second-degree murder for the killing of Officer Christopher Ryan Morton, 30, when he and two other officers were dispatched to the wrong house for a domestic disturbance 911 call on March 6, 2018.
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She pleaded guilty in August.
Widger initially told officers everything was OK and no one had called 911, but officers went inside the home to check, the Springfield News-Ledger reported.
When they entered ex-convict James Waters opened fire, killing Morton and wounding the other two officers. Waters was killed in gunfire with police.
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Prosecutors said Widger’s drug possession helped lead to Morton’s death.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.