A paramedic convicted of criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault for the unlawful administration of drugs in the death of Elijah McClain was sentenced to five years in prison Friday.
Paramedics Jeremy Cooper, left, and Peter Cichuniec, right, at an arraignment in the Adams County ... [+]
Former Aurora Fire Rescue lieutenant Peter Cichuniec, 51, was sentenced to five years for his role in the death of McClain—who died after being given a lethal dose of ketamine after an incident with police in 2019—multiple outlets reported.
Cichuniec, a paramedic in Colorado, was “responsible for scene safety both for the patient and the emergency response personnel” and was the paramedic who ordered ketamine to be given to McClain, according to the 2021 indictment.
All five officers and paramedics involved in McClain’s death were charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide as part of the 32-count indictment, NBC News reported, and a jury found Cichuniec and the other paramedic on scene, Jeremy Cooper, guilty of criminally negligent homicide in December.