Editor's Note -- This story has been updated with new information from the White House. WASHINGTON (DC News Now) -- President Donald Trump announced a full and unconditional pardon Wednesday for former Metropolitan Police Department Officer Terrance Sutton and Lieutenant Andrew Zabavksy, who had been convicted for their involvement in a man's death - and covering up the details of the fatal incident. The two had been sentenced in the death of Karon Hylton-Brown back in September, though both officers were free pending an appeal in the case. The DC Police Union said Tuesday it was working with President Donald Trump to pardon two of the District's former police officers convicted in the murder case dating back to 2020. During a press conference this week, Trump said he approved pardons for the two officers. Official grants of clemency for Sutton and Zabavsky were issued on Wednesday evening. DC Police Union expresses ‘dismay’ over Trump pardons of Jan. 6 rioters "In fact, I'm going to be letting two officers from Washington, I believe they're from from D.C., but I just approved it. They were arrested and put in jail for five years because they went after an illegal and I guess something happened where something went wrong. They arrested the two officers to put them in jail for going after a criminal," said Trump on Tuesday. Sutton was convicted and sentenced to 66 months in prison in the murder of Hylton-Brown. Sutton tried to pull him over back in October of 2020, for driving a moped on a sidewalk without a helmet on. Hylton-Brown didn't stop and Sutton pursued him for several blocks through Northwest D.C. MPD policy, at the time, did not allow officers to pursue individuals for traffic offenses. During the pursuit, 20-year-old Hylton-Brown was hit by another uninvolved car and died from his injuries two days later. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 2 former MPD officers found guilty in fatal 2020 pursuit Prosecutors say Sutton and Zabavsky agreed to cover up what he had done to prevent any further investigation into the crash and pursuit. Zabavsky was sentenced to 48 months behind bars for conspiracy and obstruction of justice. The DC Police Union is standing behind the two former officers, saying in part in a statement: "We are actively working with the White House and President Trump to address two glaring miscarriages of justice involving DC police officers, Officer Terrance Sutton and Lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky, who were wrongly convicted of murder. These officers -- men of integrity and dedication -- were wrongly targeted by corrupt prosecutors who weaponized the legal system against them." DC News Now made multiple efforts to reach out to Hylton-Brown's family for comment. We were not able to reach them.