Jeremy Cooper, a former paramedic in Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to four years probation, 14 months of work release and 100 hours of community service on Friday.

Jeremy Cooper, a former Aurora Fire Rescue paramedic, had been convicted of criminally negligent homicide in December.

A Colorado judge on Friday sentenced a paramedic convicted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain to 14 months in a work-release program and four years of probation. The Black 23-year-old died after police slammed him to the ground soon after stopping him and put him in a chokehold at least twice.

An Adams County jury convicted Cooper of criminally negligent homicide in 2023. His supervisor, Peter Cichuniec, was also convicted of criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault because he authorized the ketamine.

One of two paramedics convicted in connection to the 2019 death of Elijah McClain was sentenced to four years of probation in an Adams County court on Friday.

On Friday, former paramedic Jeremy Cooper avoided prison and was sentenced to four year of probation after being found guilty of criminally negligent homicide for his role in the killing of McClain, per NBC. Cooper faced up to three years in prison following his conviction in December.

A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with a powerful sedative avoided prison Friday and was sentenced to 14 months in jail with work release and probation in the killing of the Black man that helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests.