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Police Officer Who Threw Cooler at

Fleeing Man Charged With
Manslaughter
Erik Duran, a police sergeant, was part of drug-sting operation in
the Bronx when he tried to stop a suspect on a motorbike. The
man lost control, crashed and died.

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Protesters and the family of Eric Duprey demanded criminal charges in the wake of
his death. Stephanie Keith for The New York Times

By Hurubie Meko
Jan. 23, 2024, 9:59 a.m. ET

A police sergeant who threw a cooler at a Bronx man in August,

knocking him off a motorbike and killing him, has been arrested
and charged with manslaughter, assault and criminally negligent
homicide, according to the police.

The sergeant, Erik Duran, 36, was suspended without pay days
after the episode in which he hit the man, Eric Duprey, 30, who was
fleeing narcotics officers attempting to arrest him.

According to police officials at the time, undercover narcotics

officers were near 192nd Street and Aqueduct Avenue conducting a
“buy-and-bust” — an operation to catch unsuspecting drug dealers.
The police said that Mr. Duprey had sold drugs to one officer, which
prompted officers nearby to move in to arrest him.

Mr. Duprey sped away, but lost control after being struck by the
cooler, then hit a tree and a car before the bike toppled over and he
fell to the ground, a surveillance video reviewed by The New York
Times shows. He was pronounced dead at the scene four minutes
later.

This is a breaking story and will be updated.

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