During DeValkenaere’s trial, prosecutors said Kansas City police staged the crime scene and planted evidence to support their claim that Lamb was armed. Prosecutors alleged a gun was moved from ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Five years ago Tuesday, a former Kansas City detective shot and killed a Black man who prosecutors say wasn’t armed. Cameron Lamb’s family and his community spent the day ...
However, the court denied summary judgment on the excessive force claim, stating there was conflicting evidence about whether ...
DeValkenaere was convicted in 2021 of second-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the 2019 shooting of Cameron Lamb. DeValkenaere was sentenced to six years in prison after ...
DeValkenaere appealed, and at a hearing before a three-judge panel in September, his lawyers said Lamb was armed — prosecutors say he was not — and that DeValkenaere feared for the safety of ...