Jan 11, 2022 · Shannon Kepler was a 24-yer veteran of the Tulsa Police Department at the time of the crime. “Nineteen-year-old Jeremey Lake died almost immediately after Shannon Kepler gunned him down in the street in 2014,” U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson said in a statement. “Kepler, at the time, was sworn to uphold the law but instead made a series of ...
Jan 07, 2022 · Shannon Kepler Sentenced to 25 Years for Murder. Former police officer Shannon Kepler, 61, was sentenced today in federal court for killing Jeremey Lake on Aug. 5, 2014. U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Kepler to 25 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. Per the family’s request, he further ordered Kepler to pay …
Jan 10, 2022 · Shannon Kepler, who served 24 years on the city's police force, also was ordered to pay the cost of a grave marker for his victim, 19-year …
Jan 08, 2022 · U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell sentenced Shannon Kepler, 61, to 300 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. …
Mike Simons, Tulsa World. Former Tulsa Police Officer Shannon Kepler arrives court at the Tulsa Federal Building for his fifth trial on Monday in the killing of Jeremey Lake. Kepler was charged in federal court after the state Court of Criminal Appeals overturned his state manslaughter conviction and 15-year prison term on jurisdictional grounds.
Stan Monroe, Kepler’s attorney, said he was “extremely disappointed” with the guilty verdicts, but he said Kepler would appeal the convictions. He claimed after the trial to media that the statute of limitations has already run out on the second-degree murder-related count.
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Former Tulsa Police Officer Shannon Kepler arrives court at the Tulsa Federal Building for his fifth trial on Monday in the killing of Jeremey Lake. Kepler was charged in federal court after the state Court of Criminal Appeals overturned his state manslaughter conviction and 15-year prison term on jurisdictional grounds.
A federal jury acquitted former Tulsa Police Officer Shannon Kepler, 60, of first-degree murder but convicted him of lesser gun-related crimes, which could still result in his spending the rest of his life in prison, according to his attorney. The jury found Kepler guilty of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence ...