By ZACH GILCHRIEST
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) Daniel Hambrick’s mother Vicki Hambrick told reporters Friday she would “get [Andrew] Delke,” after the former MNPD officer pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in her son’s shooting death on Friday.
“I don’t care if I have to go to jail, I’m gonna get him,” Hambrick said. “His family is going get it. Tonight. They better run, they better run town. But they can’t hide for long.”
Vicki Hambrick’s words followed a moment of chaos during Delke’s plea hearing Friday morning, which stemmed from an emotional outburst from Hambrick’s mother.
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The mother of a black man who killed a former white Nashville officer in the United States sobbed as she asked a judge on Friday who threw a court lectern, unknowingly, to deny the plea claim that he had secretly hit her. the chaotic scene briefly delayed hearing.
Former officer Andrew Delke has pleaded guilty to murder and will serve a three-year prison sentence in 2018 over the death of Daniel Hambrick in 2018 as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
Under the agreement, Delke agreed not to pursue parole or to appeal the case. However, Delke’s defense team has said he will likely serve a year and a half in prison with credit standards.
Former officer in Tennessee pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter, sentenced to 3 years in prison
Former Metro Police officer Andrew Delke has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 2018 shooting of Daniel Hambrick. He will serve three years in prison without the possibility of an early release.
By: WTVF Staff
and last updated 2021-07-02 23:26:09-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. â Former Metro Police officer Andrew Delke has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 2018 shooting of Daniel Hambrick.
He was sentenced to three years in jail. However, his lawyer says he will likely serve about 18 months.
The long-awaited trial was supposed to start in just a little more than a week, but that all changed on Thursday when Delke s legal team and District Attorney Glenn Funk agreed to a plea deal for a lesser charge.
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Officer Andrew Delke
Decommissioned Metro Police Officer Andrew Delke will not go to trial next month for the fatal shooting of Daniel Hambrick, a Black man, in 2018. But he will be serving prison time.Â
Hambrick family attorney Joy Kimbrough tells the
Scene that Delke and his attorneys agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors that will see Delke sentenced to three years in prison. Delke s attorney, David Raybin, also confirmed that his client is taking a plea deal and said he will hold a press conference after the plea is entered in court Friday morning.Â
Kimbrough says that Vicki Hambrick, Daniel Hambrick s mother, was blindsided by the news that the officer who shot her son in the back will not be facing a jury.Â