Kansas City, Missouri: Detective Eric DeValkenaere who shot, killed Cameron Lamb guilty of involuntary manslaughter

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Soon-to-be convicted cop Eric DeValkenaere blubbering on the witness stand​

Witnesses called in trial of Kansas City detective who shot, killed Cameron Lamb

9 November 2021

On Tuesday the prosecution rests in the trial of Kansas City Police Detective who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Cameron Lamb and armed criminal action. Also on Tuesday the defense called its first witnesses including two officers who said they saw a gun near Lamb’s body immediately after the shooting in December of 2019. The claim was somewhat balanced by testimony from a state witness who claimed Lamb did not have a gun because she saw his gun at their home earlier in the day he was killed. Devalkenaere’s defense team pushed back aggressively on this ...

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Missouri cop says fatal shooting of Black man saved partner

10 November 2021

A white Kansas City, Missouri, detective on trial for killing a Black man two years ago testified Wednesday that he believed his actions saved the life of his partner. Eric DeValkenaere is accused of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the December 2019 death of Cameron Lamb. The case marks the first time a white officer from the city has been criminally accused of killing a Black man. Lamb, 26, was parking a pickup truck in his backyard when he was shot. The Kansas City Star reported that DeValkenaere choked back tears as he described the shooting. DeValkenaere ...

Correction: Police Shooting-Kansas City-Trial story

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- In a Nov. 10 story about the involuntary manslaughter trial of Kansas City, Missouri, police Officer Eric J. DeValkenaere, The

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White Missouri officer convicted in Black man’s 2019 death

19 November 2021

A judge has convicted a white Kansas City police officer of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of a Black man in a case in which prosecutors said police planted evidence. Jackson County Judge Dale Youngs issued the verdict Friday against Officer Eric J. DeValkenaere in the death of 26-year-old Cameron Lamb, who was parking a pickup truck in his backyard when he was shot Dec. 3, 2019. DeValkenaere said he fired after Lamb pointed a gun at another detective. The judge called it a tragic case with troubling facts, saying police were the initial aggressors ...

White Missouri officer convicted in Black man’s 2019 death - ABC17NEWS

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has convicted a white Kansas City police officer of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of a Black man in a case in which prosecutors said police planted evidence. Jackson County Judge...

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Judge finds Kansas City police detective Eric DeValkenaere guilty of involuntary manslaughter; KCPD says DeValkenaere suspended

19 November 2021

Kansas City police detective Eric DeValkenaere has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by Jackson County Judge J. Dale Youngs in the shooting death of Cameron Lamb. Lamb was shot and killed in December 2019 while backing up a truck into a garage at a home where he lived. Judge Youngs said he reached a guilty verdict because DeValkenaere and his partner were the initial aggressors and were not acting in self-defense when they followed Lamb onto private property. Youngs said they did not have permission to be on the property, did not have a warrant and were not making ...

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KC police detective found guilty in Cameron Lamb's death
Eric J. DeValkenaere was accused of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action

19 November 2021

A guilty verdict was announced Friday in the trial of a Kansas City police detective charged with fatally shooting Cameron Lamb in December 2019. Circuit Court Judge J. Dale Youngs found Detective Eric J. DeValkenaere guilty of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in Lamb's death. Lamb was parking a pickup truck in his backyard when he was shot on Dec. 3, 2019. The judge agreed with the state's argument that DeValkenaere and his partner should not have pursued Lamb into his backyard and that the deadly shooting was not lawful self-defense. He found the officers were the aggressors in ...

https://www.kmbc.com/article/verdict-friday-in-eric-devalkenaere-trial-cameron-lamb-death-1637342483/38303654