FILE - In this file photo provided by the Tulsa County Sherrif's Office, Shannon Kepler is pictured in a booking photo. Kepler, a Tulsa police officer, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the off-duty shooting death of Jeremey Lake, his daughter's boyfriend. (AP Photo/Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, File) (The Associated Press)
TULSA, Okla. – A veteran Tulsa police officer charged in the off-duty fatal shooting of his daughter's boyfriend earlier this month is set to ask a judge that he be released on bond.
Court records indicate attorneys for Shannon Kepler are scheduled to ask a district judge Friday to set bond, saying Kepler is not a flight risk.
Kepler pleaded not guilty earlier this week in the Aug. 5 shooting death of 19-year-old Jeremey Lake. Kepler has been held without bond since the shooting and his case is set for a preliminary hearing on Oct. 22.
Kepler's attorney, Richard O'Carroll, said earlier this week that there isn't one credible witness to the event. Prosecutors countered that it's improper for attorneys to try their cases in the media.
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