Two brothers are headed to prison for the murder of a North Carolina cop who was shot and killed in the line of duty.

Wake County Sheriff's Deputy Ned Byrd was shot to death in 2022 while investigating a suspicious vehicle. On Tuesday, a judge sentenced 29-year-old Alder Marin-Sotelo to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder while his brother Arturo Marin-Sotelo, 32, will serve between roughly seven to 10 years behind bars for accessory after the fact.

Byrd, 48, was patrolling the southeastern portion of Wake County around 11 p.m. on Aug. 11, 2022, when he saw a suspicious vehicle near the intersection of Battle Bridge Road and Auburn Knightdale Road. When he got out of the vehicle, Alder Marin-Sotelo opened fire, shooting Byrd four times with an AK-47. Three of th

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