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Former Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer & murderer Shannon Kepler
Former Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer & murderer Shannon Kepler


Ex-Oklahoma Officer Is Sentenced in Killing of Daughter’s Boyfriend
Shannon Kepler, who had served as a police officer in Tulsa for 24 years, was tried five times before a federal jury found him guilty of the 2014 murder of Jeremey Lake, 19.

10 January 2022



A former police officer in Tulsa, Okla., was sentenced on Friday to 25 years in prison for the 2014 killing of his daughter’s boyfriend after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder in his fifth trial in the case. Shannon Kepler, 60, was a 24-year veteran of the Tulsa Police Department when he shot and killed Jeremey Lake, 19, outside Mr. Lake’s home near downtown Tulsa in August 2014, federal prosecutors said. Mr. Kepler tracked Mr. Lake down after running his name through a law enforcement database, the authorities said. At the request of Mr. Lake’s family, Judge Gregory ...





Former Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer & murderer Shannon KeplerFormer Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer & murderer Shannon Kepler
Former Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer & murderer Shannon Kepler
 

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After Fifth Trial, White Oklahoma Ex-Cop Sentenced to 25 Years After Stalking, Gunning Down Daughter’s Black Boyfriend

10 January 2022



A former Tulsa police officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of killing his daughter’s boyfriend in 2014. Despite being convicted of second-degree murder, the ex-cop maintains that he is innocent and acted in self-defense. The Associated Press reports that on Friday, Jan. 8, an Oklahoma federal judge sentenced Shannon Kepler, 61, to 300 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He was sentenced for using a firearm in the commission of second-degree murder. In April of 2021, a federal jury convicted Kepler in Jeremy Lake’s slaying. U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell further ...



 
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