A former Seattle-area cop found guilty of murder was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison on Thursday. Jeffrey Nelson, 46, was convicted in June of second-degree murder and first-degree assault in the 2019 killing of 26-year-old Jesse Sarey.

After months of delays, Auburn police officer Jeffrey Nelson will be sentenced for the 2019 murder of Jesse Sarey on Thursday morning. Nelson shot and killed Sarey outside of an Auburn grocery store in May of 2019.

Former Auburn officer Jeffrey Nelson awaits sentencing after being convicted for the 2019 fatal shooting of Jesse Sarey.

Nelson was the first officer to be charged following new standards for officers was adopted in Initiative 940.

The prosecution of former Auburn police Officer Jeffrey Nelson took years and cost millions of dollars. A jury convicted him of killing 26-year-old Jesse Sarey.

A judge Thursday sentenced a police officer in Auburn, south of Seattle, to 16 years and 10 months in prison for the murder of 26-year-old Jesse Sarey, reports KING5. Jeffrey Nelson is the first officer in Washington state to be convicted under a new legal standard of using deadly force,