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Bridgeport Man Who Stripped Teen Naked, Shot Him Mulitple Times Sentenced
A Bridgeport man who had been on the run for more than five years has been sentenced for the brutal 2017 murder of a teen.
Jahmari Cooper, age 23, of Bridgeport, was sentenced Wednesday, April 12 to 45 years in prison for the October 11, 2017 gunshot murder of Jeri Kollock, Jr., age 18, in the Green Homes Housing Project in Bridgeport, said Fairfield Judicial District State’s Attorney Joseph Corradino.
Cooper was found guilty of the murder in February by a jury.
In addition to the 45-year prison sentence, the judge sentenced Cooper to 10 years of special parole.
Evidence produced at …