Teen says she hopes her cop parents "rot" after they killed her boyfriend and shot at her

[davidn3600]

The daughter of two Tulsa police officers turned in her parents, saying her dad shot her boyfriend to death in the street and then fired at her as she cowered behind a bush.

Her mother was in the passenger seat when her father got out of his car and started shooting, Lisa Kepler told police.

Shannon and Gina Kepler, both 24-year veterans of the Tulsa Police Department, were arrested late Tuesday after they turned themselves in while accompanied by an attorney, the Tulsa World reported.

A sobbing Lisa Kepler, 18, told local reporters, "I really hope they rot in prison for a very long time." She said she called police and reported the incident. "I turned my dad in," she said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/tulsparents-cops-arrested-killing-daughter-boyfriend-article-1.1894250#V6tX9fhjw9pVVszA.97

The father, Shannon Kepler, has been charged with first-degree murder. The mother, Gina Kepler, has been charged with being an accessory to murder. They are currently being held without bail.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. What a horrible thing for her father to do.

I am saddened for her loss of her boyfriend.

I guess her parents thought she had fallen in love with the "wrong" guy.

[AgingAmerican]

15. Right

Parental jealousy coupled with a cop God complex

[mackerel]

2. Such a sad story. Apparently this happened in front of the boys home.

Hard to say what possessed the parents to give up everything just to murder what appears to be a harmless 19 year old boy.

[tblue37]

3. The young man was biracial. My guess is that the father

found out his daughter was dating a biracial young man and went over there to "defend his honor" by killing them both (since he also fired two or three shots at his daughter as she hid behind a rosebush). Apparently he also fired a couple of shots at the victim's 13-year-old brother, who was sitting on the stoop in front of the house:

According to a witness, Officer Kepler also shot the boyfriend’s 13-year-old brother who was on the scene.

http://bossip.com/1012195/wtf-oklahoma-police-parents-arrested-for-shooting-at-daughter-and-murder-of-teen-boyfriend-i-hope-they-rot-in-prison-43081/#sthash.FnOTM3Ve.dpuf

http://bossip.com/1012195/wtf-oklahoma-police-parents-arrested-for-shooting-at-daughter-and-murder-of-teen-boyfriend-i-hope-they-rot-in-prison-43081/

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According to jail records, Lake was walking with the Keplers’ daughter when they were confronted by a man driving a black 2007 Suburban. The daughter told police she recognized the SUV as her father’s so she walked over and spoke to him. She told police her father asked what she was doing in that area and she walked away. That’s when Lake approached the Suburban and told Kepler he was the daughter’s boyfriend, she told police.

The daughter said her father shot Lake two or three times, then shot at her two or three times, but missed. Kepler then drove off, according to the daughter.

A woman who said she’s a relative of Lake told News On 6 he worked at the Day Center for the Homeless and met the Keplers’ daughter there when she needed a place to stay, and she had been staying with him recently. [...] Shannon Kepler was booked into the Tulsa County jail for 1st Degree Murder and Shooting with Intent to Kill. Gina Kepler was booked for Accessory after the Fact.

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This second excerpt is from a different article. It was posted by one of the commenters on the bossip.com site. I wonder why most of the reports about this incident are glossing over the possible (perhaps probable) racial motive behind the murder.

[Iggo]

5. Not that hard.

[Iggo]

4. Yay, Cops!

They're the best!

[TreasonousBastard]

6. the details are sketchy, but they threw her out...

for reasons she preferred not to talk about, but mentioned something about her "bad choices". Parents throwing their 18-year old kid out means something is seriously screwed up somewhere. They dropped her off at the homeless shelter where she met this guy and moved in with him in less than a week. At least they didn't kick her out of the car at a bus stop.

Then the father sees the guy for the first time and starts shooting. But it kinda looked like he might have been stalking them.

That's all we know. We don't even know if the father was drinking.

But it's enough to speculate endlessly and make a sad story even more spectacular.

[C Moon]

7. I looked them up on FaceBook, and there's a somewhat disturbing page that I'm guessing is Gina's.

It definitely looks death/gun obsessed.
It's actually creepy.

[mackerel]

8. The young man may have been bi-racial, that is a possibility, but still

these parents threw everything away on account of he was black? If it's true than it makes the story so much sadder. I'm not sure what the situation was like in that home but obviously something was very wrong and this poor guy paid with his life. He only knew her a week too.

[Loudly]

9. I can't tell if his service weapon was involved.

So for now, a copy of this story gets filed in two places.

Guns in the hands of the public.

~And~

Anyone who wants to be a cop is probably unqualified on the basis of that ambition alone.

[davidn3600]

17. According to a report, it was NOT his service weapon

It has not been said what the gun was or even if police are in possession of it. Police haven't given out that information.

Apparently though this gets into why his wife was arrested too.

[RedRocco]

10. then there's this

The couple are expected to be placed on paid administrative leave until they are charged, Roberson said.

can't say it surprises me really

[Revanchist]

19. Why should it? I would assume they belong to a police union that has

a policy regarding termination. Even though this particular case seems to be cut and dry not all accusations of alleged police misconduct are and if start firing officers on complaints before they are investigated and proven to be true and in the case of criminal misconduct charged it would be easy for people to bring forth false charges on over half the force and leave a department under-staffed.

[DeSwiss]

11. K&R

- Koyaanisqatsi.

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[oberliner]

28. There only ever seems to be that one single photo of the victim

Have you seen any others?

[intaglio]

12. And you know what the defense will be

"He was coming for me. I was in fear of my life I thought he had a gun/knife. He acted like a gang member, that's why I ran off. I'm a trained police officer and had good reason to shoot. Did I mention he looked like that guy in the White House? Would you let your daughter be defiled by that sort of man? Did I mention that I'm a police officer with years of service?"

I hope this POS and his wife rot.

[joshcryer]

14. If the daughter is against them they're done.

And I suspect as others say it was a racial thing (though they probably pawned it off as "bad influence" or crap like that).

No jury is going to ignore the sobbing testimony of the daughter who was attacked.

[vankuria]

25. Also, the daughter was an eye witness

she saw the whole thing unfold as well as the boyfriends younger brother...this couple is cooked. Parents created this whole situation, who the heck throws out their underage child and dumps her off at a homeless shelter. If anything the boyfriends family saved her, his entire family showed her kindness, gave her a safe place to stay.

[SunSeeker]

13. This is just awful. May they rot indeed. nt

[davidn3600]

16. CBS News report...

[mackerel]

18. It doesn't say anything about the young man being of mixed race, but the rest of the family look

pretty white, including the little brother. I'm not so sure race is actually a factor. I think it's more a control issue. Either way I hope justice is truly served and these two spend a long time in lock-up.

[Ilsa]

20. I had been told that eastern OK was highly racist and

Biased, closed-minded. A friend that lives in Ok City told me he won't drive through eastern OK wearing a suit. He said it's just asking to be hassled.

[avebury]

22. Then you also have to consider the

pot growers in the forests of SE Oklahoma. Accidentally coming across someone's pot crop might result in your death. I know someone who used to work for the Oklahoma Association of County Commissioners that only went around with a local county commissioner when going to certain parts of the state.

[PowerToThePeople]

21. Ban all Guns!!! n/t

[Reter]

23. It wouldn't matter in this case

They were cops. Unless you mean ban police from having them too.

[PowerToThePeople]

24. Yes, ban them from cops as well. n/t

[Logical]

27. Really, there is NO chance of that happening. But thanks for adding to the discussion. n-t

[PowerToThePeople]

29. You are welcome.

I will continue to post "Ban all Guns!!" in every thread discussing needless gun violence and deaths.

[Logical]

30. And you will continue to be wasting your time. nt

[PowerToThePeople]

31. in your opinion.

means nothing to me.

[derby378]

32. Well, at least that whole "You're only law-abiding until you're not" nonsense is finally over

What's good for the civilians is good for the cops. And yeah, I hope those two parents rot, too.

[valerief]

26. Fox News must be so proud. nt

[maced666]

34. I would not be surprised if this is only part of the story.

Well, it is, actually. One side.
He walked up to introduce himself and they opened fire?
Okay.
I won't run with it (like everyone else), but, okay.

Betting though. The deadly force will be deemed murder most likely but also betting they didn't shoot a smiling boy approaching them.