An Adams County jury in December found Peter Cichuniec guilty of criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault

One of the two Aurora paramedics convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain was sentenced Friday to five years in prison.

Former Aurora Fire Rescue paramedic Peter Cichuniec’s sentence comes nearly three months after an Adams County jury found him and a second paramedic, Jeremy Cooper, guilty in the death of McClain, whom they injected with an overdose of the sedative ketamine after police put him in a neckhold.

It was the last trial against police and paramedics charged in the death of McClain, a 23-year-old Black massage therapist who was walking home from a convenience store when police forcibly detained him.

McClain was not armed and had not committed any crime.

  • @jettrscgaEnglish
    42•10 months ago

    “My son’s murder is not a terrible tragedy regardless of how many times you reiterate those words in order to feel better,” she said. “My son’s murder was 100% avoidable.”

    God damn she worded that well. I’m glad she called out their bullshit pity party.