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Motorcycle gang member gets 10 years for killing policemen

A member of the Mongols motorcycle gang who shot and killed a Pomona police officer in 2014 was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison.

David Martinez, 44, was sentenced to voluntary manslaughter for the October 2014 slaying of Shaun Diamond.

Diamond, 45, was a SWAT team member who was taking part in a multi-agency operation targeting the Mongols. He was helping execute a search warrant at the San Gabriel home where Diamond lived with his parents, sister, girlfriend and two children.

Officers had been forcing their way into the home when Martinez fired a shotgun. The