Jeffrey Nelson is accused of shooting and killing Jesse Sarey outside of an Auburn grocery store while attempting to arrest him for disorderly conduct.
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Jury selection will begin this week for the first police officer charged with murder and assault in Washington state under voter-approved Initiative 940.
Auburn Police Officer Jeff Nelson, an Iraq war veteran who joined the department in 2008, is accused of shooting and killing Jesse Sarey, 26, outside a convenience store in 2019 while trying to arrest him for disorderly conduct in an interaction that lasted just 67 seconds.