Man who killed LA airport cop during carjacking gets life in prison without parole

LAX cop killer sentenced to life in prison

LOS ANGELES — A mentally ill man who killed a Los Angeles airport policeman during a carjacking has been sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole.

William Sadowski was sentenced Friday for the April 2005 carjacking and murder of Tommy Scott.

The 51-year-old former aerospace engineer has bipolar disorder, but a jury ruled he was legally sane when he stole Scott’s patrol car after the officer stopped him near Los Angeles International Airport.

Scott held on for a quarter-mile and was decapitated when the car struck a fire hydrant.

Sadowski told investigators he’d only planned to crash and kill himself. In court Friday, he said he remembered Scott fighting for the car but little else. He apologized for killing him.