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Man Admits to Possessing Gun Used to Kill Tulsa Police Sergeant

Tulsa Police

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Calera, Oklahoma, man has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm that authorities say was used to kill a Tulsa police officer in June, federal prosecutors announced Monday.

U.S. Attorney Trent Shores said Jakob Gerald Garland, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Garland admitted to trading the semiautomatic pistol to David Anthony Ware, a convicted felon, in exchange for heroin, Shores said.

Garland also acknowledged he himself was a convicted felon, Shores said. Garland is scheduled to be sentenced in February.

Ware, 33, has been charged in the June 29 shooting that killed Tulsa Police Sgt. Craig Johnson and wounded Officer Aurash Zarkeshan. A trial date has been set for June.

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