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After more than two years of delays while his defense sought to have judges and the district attorney removed from the case, a former Tulsa police officer will face a Monday jury trial for first-degree murder.

Shannon Kepler, a nearly 25-year veteran of the Tulsa Police Department, has been free on bond since shortly after the Aug. 5, 2014, shooting of 19-year-old Jeremey Lake, who had just begun dating Kepler’s daughter, Lisa Kepler.

His attorney, Richard O'Carroll, has thrown one wrench after another into the legal proceedings, even appealing to the Oklahoma Supreme Court in his fight over judges and the disqualification of District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler.

“Our focus is trying to get this matter to trial. This is a 2014 case,” Kunzweiler said after a May hearing in which District Judge Sharon Holmes scheduled Kepler's trial for October.