What was the verdict on Elijah McClain?

The five Aurora, Colorado first responders charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain by a state grand jury pleaded not guilty to all charges Friday, January 20 2023, afternoon in an Adams County courthouse.

In September 2021, Aurora Police officers Randy Roedema and Nathan Woodyard, former officer Jason Rosenblatt, and Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec were all charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide as part of a 32-count indictment.

A district court judge ruled that the trials of five defendants in McClain’s death will be split ahead of their arraignment in Adams County, Colorado court on Friday.

Judge Mark Warner announced on Wednesday, January 18 that paramedics Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper will be tried together but separately from the other three defendants in the case.

According to Warner, Aurora police officer Woodyard will be tried separately from officers Roedema and former officer Rosenblatt.

Roedema and Rosenblatt’s trial is set to begin on July 11 2023. Cooper and Cichuniec’s trial is set to begin on August 7, and Woodyard’s trial is set to begin on September 18.