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Former officer in Tennessee pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter, sentenced to 3 years in prison Former Metro Police officer Andrew Delke has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 2018 shooting of Daniel Hambrick. He will serve three years in prison without the possibility of an early release. By: WTVF Staff and last updated 2021-07-02 23:26:09-04 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Metro Police officer Andrew Delke has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 2018 shooting of Daniel Hambrick. He was sentenced to three years in jail. However, his lawyer says he...

'It should not happen when someone is murdered' Some not happy with Delke plea deal Amanda Chin © Provided by WZTV - Nashville Former Metro police officer Andrew Delke put in his resignation Thursday ahead of his court hearing Friday morning. Now, experts on both sides are weighing in. Surveillance video shows Delke shooting Hambrick in the back. Delke's anticipated plea deal is not sitting well with some community leaders. “That just does not happen. It should not happen when someone is murdered. It shouldn't even be an option,” says Sherl Guinn, President of Nashville�...

Officer Andrew Delke Decommissioned Metro Police Officer Andrew Delke will not go to trial next month for the fatal shooting of Daniel Hambrick, a Black man, in 2018. But he will be serving prison time.  Hambrick family attorney Joy Kimbrough tells the Scene that Delke and his attorneys agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors that will see Delke sentenced to three years in prison. Delke's attorney, David Raybin, also confirmed that his client is taking a plea deal and said he will hold a press conference after the plea is entered in court Friday morning.  Kimbrough says that Vicki Hambr...

Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Lawyer: Ex-officer reaches plea deal in Black man's death An attorney says a white former Nashville police officer will plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter Friday just ahead of his first-degree murder trial, three years after he fatally shot an armed Black man from behind during a foot chase By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press July 2, 2021, 12:22 AM • 5 min read Email this article NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A white former Nashville police officer will plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter Friday just ahead of his first-...

Delke encountered Hambrick in a North Nashville parking lot shortly after an attempted traffic stop. Delke, who resigned from the department Thursday, had long maintained his innocence. He and his lawyers have argued he shot in self defense after he saw Hambrick, 25, holding a gun. Investigators found a gun near Hambrick's body, but surveillance footage preserved from the scene does not show Hambrick turning or aiming. Murphy is sad and hurt. The plea deal, she said, changes nothing. "In the meantime, MNPD continues to kill people and there’s no accountability about that," Murphy said.�...