THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – Opening up for the first time since the guilty verdict, Pearl Velez said her children still ask for their father. Eric Duprey was killed two years ago by an NYPD sergeant who hurled a plastic picnic cooler at the father.
“It was summertime, everybody outside, picnic, family time,” Velez said of Aug. 23, 2023. Five minutes after leaving a family picnic, she said, their lives changed forever. “They ask, ‘Where’s my dad? I miss daddy. I need to talk to daddy.’”
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On Friday, Bronx Supreme Court Judge Guy Mitchell found Sgt. Erik Duran was guilty of second-degree manslaughter in the death of Duprey following a four-week bench trial.
“The fact that the defendant is a police officer has no bearing,” Mitchell said before delivering the verdict. “He’s a person and will be treated as any other defendant.”…