NYPD sergeant accused of killing Bronx man with cooler returns to court Friday
This is a trial with no jury, so the final verdict is entirely up to the judge.
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NYPD Sergeant Erik Duran is back in court today following closing arguments earlier this week.
Friday may be the final day Duran faces a judge as a final verdict may finally be reached. This is a trial with no jury, so the final verdict is entirely up to the judge.
Duran is accused of killing Eric Duprey during a botched drug bust in Kingsbridge Heights back in August 2023.
The entire encounter was caught on surveillance video. It showed Duran, in plain clothes, throwing a cooler at Duprey as he tried to get away on a motorbike. Duprey was knocked off and killed.
Duprey's family says he died an "Unfair death" and leaders of Black Lives Matter Greater New York claim that the entire narcotics operation was for another person.
Duran pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. His lawyers have argued he threw the cooler to save lives, to stop the bike from running into other officers. However, prosecutors claim the motorbike was not a deadly threat. They say throwing the cooler was not necessary.
