If someone acts in a very careless way and causes another person to die, that is involuntary manslaughter in the second degree. This is normally a class E felony. If the person who died was a police officer who was targeted on purpose, or a close family member of a police officer who was targeted because of that connection, the crime becomes a class D felony, which is more serious.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
565.027. , second degree, . — 1. A person commits the of involuntary manslaughter in the second degree if he or she acts with to cause the death of any person.
2. The offense of involuntary manslaughter in the second degree is a , unless the victim is intentionally targeted as a , as defined in section 556.061, or the victim is targeted because he or she is a relative within the to a law enforcement officer, in which case it is a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2017 S.B. 34)
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