A Shreveport man convicted in June for attacking and trying to disarm a Shreveport police officer at the local Greyhound bus station has been sentenced.

According to a Caddo District Attorney's Office news release, Judge Brady O'Callaghan sentenced 56-year-old Lester Harrison to 15 years in prison for his actions against former Officer Matthew Holloway, who had responded to a report of an armed man refusing to leave the station.

When Holloway tried to pat him down, Harrison beat him in the head, face and upper body with a fist that held a three-inch pocket knife. He also tried to take Holloway's service weapon.

Harrison was originally charged with attempted first-degree murder, attempted disarming of a police officer and resisting an officer with force or violence. However, he was convicted of attempted manslaughter instead of murder, along with the other two charges.

Harrison had faced up to 20 years in prison on the attempted manslaughter conviction. For disarming an officer, he'll serve 2 1/2 years, and for resisting, he was sentenced to 3 years. The sentences will run simultaneously.

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