The man who killed a Pottawattamie County, Iowa Sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty to first-degreee murder on Tuesday.
Wesley Correa-Carmenaty, who told Deputy Mark Burbridge's family he was sorry for what happened, killed the law enforcement officer as he escaped from the Pottawattamie County Jail on May 1, The Daily Nonpareil.
Correa-Carmenaty was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 50 years from the escape and fatal shooting.
Burbridge and fellow deputy, Pat Morgan, were transporting Correa-Carmenaty back to the jail after he had been sentenced to 45 years for manslaughter and attempted murder in a March 2016 killing.
The inmate attacked the deputies at the jail and grabbed one of their guns, shooting both of them -- killing Burbridge. He then stole the jail van and at one point shot civilian Jerry Brittain in the neck during an attempted carjacking. He fled to Omaha, where he was captured by authorities.
Both Morgan and Brittain have since recovered from their injuries.
Burbridge's three children faced their father's killer in court during his sentencing, saying that he did not deserve to live for what he did.
"He deserves no less than death, but unfortunately that's not an option," Kaleb Burbridge said.
