Former LaSalle officer sentenced to 6 years for deadly shooting

GREELEY, Colo. — A former LaSalle police officer was sentenced to six years in prison on Monday for a deadly shooting that occurred in 2023.

Erik Hernandez had originally faced a charge of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Juston Reffel that occurred on May 3, 2023.

In January, Hernandez pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The plea deal came after a Weld County jury couldn’t reach a verdict in Hernandez’s first trial last October…

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