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Former Tulsa Officer Found Guilty On 2 Counts In Federal Murder Trial
A federal jury has found former Tulsa Police officer Shannon Kepler guilty of murder in the 2nd degree, assault with a dangerous weapon, and not guilty of murder in the 1st degree.
This is the fifth time that Kepler has gone to trial for the case but his first time in federal court. Kepler is accused of killing his daughter s boyfriend Jeremy Lake in 2014. In closing arguments on Monday, prosecutors argued that Kepler planned, prepared, and then shot and killed Lake. Prosecutors say Kepler saw that his daughter was in a new relationship with Lake on Facebook and didn t like it. They say he then he broke police policy by pulling up Lake s criminal history to get his address.
By KTOK News
Apr 27, 2021
A former Tulsa police officer is found guilty in the death of his daughter s boyfriend. A jury found Shannon Kepler guilty yesterday of second-degree murder and assault with a dangerous weapon. Prosecutors say Kepler shot and killed 19-year-old Jeremy Lake in 2014. Kepler had claimed that he shot Lake in self defense.
Credit Oklahoma Department of Corrections
After six hours of deliberations Monday, a federal jury found former Tulsa Police officer Shannon Kepler guilty on charges related to the 2014 killing of his daughter s 19-year-old boyfriend.
Prosecutors charged Kepler in a three-count indictment in November. The jury on Monday found Kepler not guilty of first-degree murder but guilty of discharging a firearm during and in relation to crimes of violence, which were second-degree murder and assault with a dangerous weapon. The assault charge is for shooting at Jeremy Lake s younger brother.
U.S. Marshals took Kepler into custody after the verdict was announced. He will be sentenced Aug. 11.
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