Ex-Tulsa officer gets prison in daughter's boyfriend's death
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November 19, 2017
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white ex-Oklahoma police officer was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for the fatal off-duty shooting of his daughter's black boyfriend, after four trials spanning nearly a year, including three that resulted in hung juries.
Former Tulsa officer Shannon Kepler was convicted last month of first-degree manslaughter in the 2014 slaying of 19-year-old Jeremey Lake. Tulsa County District Court Judge Sharon Holmes also imposed a $10,000 fine.
Before Kepler was sentenced, Lake's father, Carl Morse, addressed the court, his head bowed as if struggling to speak.
"The last th...
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