A jury will begin deliberating whether or not Officer Jeffrey Nelson is guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree assault in the death of Jesse Sarey.
KENT, Wash. — The prosecution and defense delivered closing arguments in the murder trial of Officer Jeffrey Nelson, who shot and killed Jesse Sarey while attempting to arrest him in front of an Auburn grocery store in 2019.
Nelson faces second-degree murder and first-degree assault charges in Sarey’s death.
It’s not disputed that Nelson killed Sarey – instead, the prosecution and the defense went back and forth in front of the jury about whether the shooting itself was justified
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