A former San Diego County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a fleeing, unarmed man outside the San Diego Central Jail was convicted by a federal jury Tuesday.
Aaron Russell was found guilty of federal charges of deprivation of rights under color of law and using and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence for the May 1, 2020, shooting death of 36-year- old Nicholas Bils.
The trial was Russell’s second in federal court in connection with the shooting, after a prior jury deadlocked last year and was unable to reach verdicts…