KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Missouri Governor Mike Parson has commuted the sentence of former Kansas City, Missouri, police officer Eric DeValkenaere for the death of Cameron Lamb.
DeValkenaere, 46, was serving a six-year prison sentence in connection to the deadly 2019 police shooting of Cameron Lamb.
“In Missouri, clemency powers rest exclusively with the Governor,” Parson said in a statement. “After careful consideration, Governor Parson today exercised his constitutional authority on a number of final pending clemency petitions.”
While Parson commuted DeValkenaere’s sentence, he did not pardon him. The Associated Press reports DeValkenaere will be placed on parole for the duration of his sentence. He will be prohibited from possessing firearms and traveling outside of the state, among other items.
