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In this July 3, 2020, file photo, a makeshift memorial stands at a site across the street from where Elijah McClain was stopped by police officers while walking home in Aurora. (David Zalubowski, AP file)
One Aurora police officer was convicted Thursday by an Adams County jury of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain, while a second officer was acquitted in the case.
Officer Randy Roedema was also convicted of assault after a trial that began last month.
Officer Jason Rosenblatt was acquitted of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault.
Officers stopped McClain on Aug. 24, 2019, after receiving a report from a 17-year-old in the area that McClain looked suspicious. Though McClain had committed no crime, officers put him in a neck hold and then paramedics injected him with ketamine, a powerful sedative. McClain suffered cardiac arrest and died in the hospital a few days later.
Roedema’s sentencing was scheduled for January.
Trials for a third officer and two paramedics charged in McClain’s death —Nathan Woodyard and Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec — are scheduled for later this year.
This is a developing story that will be updated.
Jesse Paul is a Denver-based political reporter and editor at The Colorado Sun, covering the state legislature, Congress and local politics. He is the author of The Unaffiliated newsletter and also occasionally fills in on breaking news coverage.... More by Jesse Paul
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