Former police officer faces sentencing in Elijah McClain's death

Former police officer Randy Roedema will be sentenced after being convicted of homicide and assault in the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain in August 2019.

Randy Roedema, a former Aurora, Colorado, police officer will be sentenced Friday after being convicted of criminally negligent homicide and assault in the third degree in the August 2019 death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain.

A jury found Roedema guilty on Oct. 13 in the first trial concerning McClain’s death. Roedema had pleaded not guilty.

For criminally negligent homicide, a class 5 felony, and assault in the third degree, a class 1 misdemeanor, Roedema could face several years in prison.

Another officer, Jason Rosenblatt, who was simultaneously tried was found not guilty on charges of reckless manslaughter, assault in the second degree and criminally negligent homicide. The first officer on the scene, Nathan Woodyard, was found not guilty on charges of reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.

Two paramedics connected to McClain’s death were separately convicted of criminally negligent homicide in McClain’s death on Dec. 23.