From Fox News: A New York City Police Department (NYPD) sergeant who fatally threw a plastic cooler at a scooter-riding suspect fleeing a drug bust was convicted of manslaughter on Friday.
Sgt. Erik Duran, 38, was found guilty of the August 2023 death of Eric Duprey, who was speeding away from undercover police along a sidewalk in the Bronx after allegedly being busted for selling them $20 worth of cocaine, trial testimony revealed, the New York Post reported.
Duran became the first NYPD officer found guilty of a crime for killing someone while on duty in New York City in a decade, the Post reported. He faces up to 15 years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced on March 19.
The case was decided by a judge rather than a jury after Duran waived his right to a jury trial.
Duran was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Duprey, a motorcyclist who crashed after being hit by a cooler thrown by Duran.
Duprey was fleeing from plainclothes officers during a drug arrest when the incident occurred.
The case was prosecuted by New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office, which has the authority to investigate police-involved deaths under a 2015 state law.
A Bronx judge convicted an NYPD sergeant of second-degree manslaughter for killing a man by throwing a cooler at his head during an attempted drug bust.
The New York attorney general’s office accused Erik Duran of using excessive force in an attempt to salvage a botched arrest… pic.twitter.com/8unOd5yPSQ
— Crime In NYC (@Crime_In_NYC) February 6, 2026
#BREAKING | NYPD Sergeant Erik Duran was found guilty of throwing a cooler that killed a man during an attempted arrest. Read more: https://t.co/JQC0WOIGGg pic.twitter.com/wcXWG2yDtq
— PIX11 News (@PIX11News) February 6, 2026
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