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The Latest: 3rd mistrial declared in case of former officer

TULSA, Okla. (AP) – The Latest on the trial of a former Oklahoma police officer: (all times local):

7:30 p.m.

A third mistrial has been declared in the case of a white former Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot his daughter’s black boyfriend.

Jurors deadlocked 6-6 after deliberating only a few hours on Friday in the first-degree murder trial of Shannon Kepler.

Jurors in Kepler’s previous two trials, in November and February, deadlocked 11-1 and 10-2 in favor of guilt and mistrials were declared in both.