Bronx Sergeant Found Guilty in Cooler-Throw Death Case
TL;DR
A New York City Police Department sergeant, Erik Duran, was convicted of second-degree manslaughter for hurling a red cooler at a fleeing suspect in the Bronx in 2023, causing the man on a motorized scooter to crash and die. He was dismissed from the NYPD after the verdict and faces up to 15 years in prison at sentencing on March 19; the case was a bench trial, with prosecutors arguing reckless, intentional action and the defense claiming only seconds to react.
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- How a Routine Drug Bust Turned Deadly The New York Times
- New York City police officer convicted of manslaughter in cooler throwing death ABC News
- NYPD sergeant convicted of manslaughter for killing man with a cooler in Bronx Gothamist
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