Jeffrey Nelson was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Jesse Sarey, whom he shot and killed outside a grocery store in May of 2019. He was sentenced to over 16 years ...

Former Auburn police officer Jeffrey Nelson, serving a prison term for murdering a suspect in 2019, has been cleared by prosecutors in another fatal shooting of a man in 2017.

Former Auburn police Officer Jeffrey Nelson appears at his sentencing at the King County’s Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, on Jan. 23, 2025.... (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times) More ...