A former Greenwood Village police officer was sentenced to two years in prison for the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy during an armed confrontation in an Aurora neighborhood in 2021.
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Adam Holen, 39, was sentenced to two years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and three years of parole by an Arapahoe County District Court judge on Thursday, according to court records.
Holen was convicted of a lesser charge of manslaughter after a jury trial in February.
According to previous reporting, Holen was off duty and drunk when he confronted a group of teenagers about their careless driving near the 4900 block of South Addison Way on Nov. 24, 2021.
Holen shot 17-year-old Peyton Blitstein during the confrontation, who was also armed, according to police.
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