(AURORA, Colo.) Five Aurora, Colorado, first responders pleaded not guilty in an arraignment Friday on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, among other counts, in the death of Elijah McClain. McClain died in 2019 after being stopped by police, placed in a chokehold and injected with ketamine as a sedative. The five defendants'
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(AURORA, Colo.) Five Aurora, Colorado, first responders pleaded not guilty in an arraignment Friday on charges of manslaughter
If someone dies north of Colfax Avenue and the death is unattended or suspicious, that body eventually goes to the Adams County Coroner’s Office. The county’s elected coroner, Monica Broncucia-Jordan,.
The Adams County coroner now says ketamine caused McClain's death following a forcible arrest in Aurora in 2019. 3 officers and 2 paramedics are charged.