Third killer in Timoshenko murder gets life

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By abc7NY

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

NEW YORK Woods was convicted of aggravated murder, aggravated attempted murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in March for the July 2007 shooting death of police officer Russell Timoshenko. It was the second trial for Woods after his first ended in a mistrial.

Woods smiled as he was led from the courtroom.

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Woods, 29, was the last of three men tried in the Crown Heights shooting that killed Timoshenko and wounded his partner, Herman Yan, during a routine traffic stop.

The suspects were caught with a stolen SUV and with illegal weapons in the vehicle. Woods was the driver.

Dexter Bostic was previously convicted of aggravated murder and attempted murder days after his co-defendant Robert Ellis was acquitted on those charges. Ellis was convicted on the weapons possession charges.