"Former Paramedic Receives 5-Year Sentence for Elijah McClain's Death"

A former Aurora Fire Rescue lieutenant, Peter Cichuniec, was sentenced to five years in prison for criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a case that has been influential in the national police reform movement. This rare criminal prosecution of emergency medical personnel has sparked concern among paramedics and firefighters nationwide, with two other individuals also convicted in the case.