DeValkenaere and his partner detective Troy Schwalm were nearby. Roberta Merritt, who lived with Lamb at the white and red-brick single-family residence, testified that neither detective ...

A federal judge has partially sided with the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a now-imprisoned white Kansas City, Missouri, police detective. U.S. District Judge Beth ...

Laurans said DeValkenaere was justified to shoot Lamb because he was protecting his partner Troy Schwalm. “I ask you to do the right thing and reverse,” he told the judges.

Laurans said DeValkenaere was justified to shoot Lamb because he was protecting his partner Troy Schwalm. “I ask you to do the right thing and reverse,” he told the judges.

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Police said DeValkenaere and his partner, Troy Schwalm, went to Lamb’s home after reports that Lamb was involved in a car chase with his girlfriend on residential streets.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In an unusual legal move, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is asking a state appeals court to reverse the conviction of a white former Kansas City police detective ...

DeValkenaere said he fired on Lamb in December 2019 when he saw his arm raised as if about to shoot another officer, Troy Schwalm. A gun was found near Lamb.

She said there was no evidence that DeValkenaere intended to shoot Lamb when he went onto the property, and he did so only to protect his partner, Troy Schwalm. “(Schwalm) is alive today because ...

A former Kansas City police detective has been sentenced to six years in prison for fatally shooting a Black man who was backing a pickup truck into a garage in 2019 ...