A jury found a suburban Seattle police officer guilty of murder Thursday in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man outside a convenience store, marking the first conviction under a Washington state law easing prosecution of law enforcement officer
s for on-duty killings.
Nelson had responded to reports of a man throwing things at cars, kicking walls and banging on windows in a shopping area in Auburn, a city of 70,000 about 28 miles south of Seattle. Callers said the man appeared to be high or having mental health issues. Nelson’s gun jammed, he cleared it, looked around and then aimed at Sarey’s forehead, firing once more.
“Jesse Sarey died because this defendant chose to disregard his training at every step of the way,” King County Special Prosecutor Patty Eakes told the jury in her closing argument Thursday. The shooting was “unnecessary, unreasonable and unjustified,” she said.“When Mr. Sarey went for Officer Nelson’s gun, he escalated it to a lethal encounter,” she said.
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