Ex-Kansas City officer asks to remain free during appeal

Published February 4, 2022 1:13 PM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former Kansas City police detective officer who was convicted in a man’s shooting death is asking to remain free while his case is appealed. KSHB-TV reports attorneys for 43-year-old Eric DeValkenaere filed a motion Monday arguing that he should be free on bond because he is not a flight risk and the judge who convicted him did not find any malice involved in the shooting. DeValkenaere, a white man, was convicted in November of second-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the December 2019 death of Cameron Lamb, who was Black. He is scheduled to be sentenced March 4.

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