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Jurors Friday convicted two Aurora paramedics of criminally negligent homicide but were split on the charges regarding the unlawful administration of ketamine in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain.

Jurors will be asked to decide whether two Aurora paramedics violated the law when they injected Elijah McClain with a maximum dose of the sedative ketamine in a trial that's being watched by first responders across the country -- a rare case in which medical personnel face criminal prosecution over a fatal police encounter.

Jurors will be asked to decide whether two Aurora paramedics violated the law when they injected Elijah McClain with a maximum dose of the sedative ketamine in a trial that's being watched by first responders across the country -- a rare case in which medical personnel face criminal prosecution over a fatal police encounter.

Jurors will be asked to decide whether two Aurora paramedics violated the law when they injected Elijah McClain with a maximum dose of the sedative ketamine in a trial that's being watched by first responders across the country -- a rare case in which medical personnel face criminal prosecution over a fatal police encounter.

Aurora Police Officer Nathan Woodyard is charged with reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of McClain.