SAN DIEGO—A former sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot an unarmed, fleeing detainee outside the downtown San Diego jail was sentenced on Feb. 7 to three years of probation and one year in jail.
Aaron Russell, 25, pleaded guilty last month to a voluntary manslaughter charge for the May 1, 2020, death of Nicholas Bils, who was shot multiple times as he was running away from police, leading to the rare decision to prosecute a law enforcement officer in a shooting.
