KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Jurors who convicted a man of killing a North Kansas City police officer are now deliberating whether he should die for the crime.

Closing arguments took place in the penalty phase of Joshua Rocha’s trial Tuesday morning. Jurors then started deliberating his sentence.

Rocha faces the death penalty or a sentence of life in prison for shooting and killing Officer Daniel Vasquez in 2022.

According to court records, Vasquez pulled over a driver near 21st and Clay for expired tags. Investigators said Rocha shot and killed Vasquez , then drove away. A manhunt followed until Rocha eventually turned himself in at the Clay County Courthouse Annex that day.

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Rocha told police he

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