Trial begins for officer charged with murder in 2019 shooting
Jury selection will begin this week for the first police officer charged with murder and assault in Washington state under voter-approved Initiative 940.
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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.
Jury selection is underway in the trial of a suburban Seattle police officer charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store. Auburn officer Jeff
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.
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